Famous quotes containing the word shock:
“Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.”
—F.H. (Francis Herbert)
“It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)