The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
Terry Southern
Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T
Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.
Tina Turner
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
Jacki Weaver
In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the... →
Orville Wright
I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
Neil Young
I never wanted to do something grotesque. I never wanted to shock. I wanted my audience to be happy, to be kind.
Eva Zeisel
Nothing can shock me.
Sheri Moon Zombie
I've been on shows that go for shock value.
Daphne Zuniga
Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock.
Paul D. Boyer