“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
“The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.”
“I came over to apologize.”“What?” I was shocked, awed, and shocked some more”
“In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important - and often more profitable - than to be civil or creative or truly original.”
“Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.”
“I should be arguing vehemently with doctors, demanding results, I should be surrounded by people who are bleeding and screaming and shocking one another with defibrillators.”