Shock Jock Quotes & Sayings

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality. — C.S. Lewis

Oh, he's rude to everyone," said Isabelle airily. "It's what makes him so damn sexy. — Cassandra Clare

The truest you can be is taking off those clothes. — Dacher Keltner

I was born in a blender. — Lorna Luft

My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school. — Ira Glass

It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength. — May Sarton

There is a frantic race to merchandise tinsel and trash under the guise of 'modernism.' — Raymond Loewy

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. — John Mayer

I enjoyed being what I was in radio, which some thought of as a shock jock although, to this day, I still can't figure out what I've done that's so shocking. As to my favorite interviews, I loved having my mother and father on. I also enjoyed talking to Elmo, who's a puppet. I found T.I.'s trying to be extra-cool very endearing. Tyra Banks was not the diva I expected her to be. I loved talking to her. And Simon Cowell is a really nice guy. Yeah! He's my fave, and he's handsome. — Wendy Williams

Any idiot can write a long book. All it takes is patience and a willingness to keep pounding on the keys. A short book is a challenge. It's all about what you don't say. What you trust the reader to bring with them. — Jason Sheehan

I had before me an object lesson, I thought: two ways to face the world. One way as embodied by this old woman - simple, unassuming, a kind of peasant dignity, a naturalness inherent in her every move. The other, exemplified by the girl - smartness, sophistication, veneer without substance. I was conscious that I have now opted for the old woman's way, have thrown in my lot with a creature I would have jeered at a year ago. My present trip to the mountains is indeed a trip to that wellspring of naturalness she symbolized. And I admired my choice: the correct choice, the only choice for a sensitive and moral man in my dilemma. — Lee Smith

It was adding up to something I couldn't figure out yet, but I didn't think it would end with a happy ever after for us anymore. — Ashlan Thomas

Lina looked out at the lighted streets spreading away in every direction, the streets she knew so well. She loved her city, worn out and crumbling though it was. — Jeanne DuPrau

When you find yourself slumping, that's the motivation to sit up, not out of self-denigration but actually out of pride in everything that occurs to you, pride in who you are just as you are, pride in the goodness or the fairness or the worstness of yourself - however you find yourself - some sort of sense of taking pride and using it to spur you on. — Pema Chodron