“Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages”
Dave Barry
“[Confronted for the first time by the sight of her husband and his lover,] rooted to the spot in shock and pain ... John said, indifferently: 'No, thanks.' ”
Yoko Ono
“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
Mae West
“I think they're a little shocked at first. . . . Then they start laughing or grinning or shaking my hand,”
Shirley Manson
“First, I felt just shock, and then I felt there's no way, just no way, Dumbledore couldn't be dead, ... So I thought, 'What's the trick?' but unfortunately J.K. Rowling doesn't do that. She's writing about war and in war people die. They are not protected by their office and the esteem in which they are held. She wouldn't compromise that idea by easily bringing him back.”
Arthur Levine
“Having traveled for 45 years in the Arctic, what I've seen the last 15 years is shocking. We need to finally face up that we have an issue here and we need to get back to solutions.”
Will Steger
“I would be shocked if we had a verdict before the first of April.”
Jeff Justice