#shocked

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#inner-voice #inner-voicery #invasion #life #lights

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#ball #because #did #enough #feeling

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#deliver #everybody #i #lines #listen

I was appalled and shocked that Bush used the State of the Union to attack same-sex marriages and indicated that he would support a constitutional amendment. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

#appalled #attack #bush #constitutional #constitutional amendment

But the community knew Blade, and everybody but us was shocked at the box office, and subsequently the DVD. That was the beginning of the DVD revolution, and Blade was just like wildfire. ↗

— Avi Arad

#blade #box #box office #community #dvd

No, I am a crier and if people ever saw me privately they would be shocked at what a bowl of mush I am underneath it all. ↗

— Larry David

#bowl #ever #i #i am #me

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#haven #mechanics #profoundly #quantum #quantum mechanics

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#discover #give #hearing #liberals #offended

It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling. ↗

— Jung Chang

#constantly #could #evil #excitement #feeling

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world. ↗

— Johnny Damon

#did #down #pulled #right #right time