Famous quotes containing the word shock:
“Nothing can shock a brave man but dullness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)