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)
“The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)