Short Shocking Quotes & Sayings

If you live a long life and get to the end of it without ever once having felt crushingly depressed, then you probably haven't been paying attention. — Duncan MacMillan

You can only be as happy as your saddest child. — Oprah Winfrey

I'm very surprised at Carol didn't get a best picture. Todd Haynes is an Academy darling, his period pieces are nothing short of brilliant, and they hold up. And I definitely feel like Carol speaks to, even though it's set in the past, it speaks to themes we're dealing with in life right now. It's really really shocking that it didn't get it. — Bun B.

The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected us to do it we kind of never did it again. — Mark Hoppus

A man who is looking backward all the time cannot move forward, he will be standing still — Sunday Adelaja

Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be your best. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgement, and shame. It's a shield. It's a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from flight. — Brene Brown

The most important part of fashion photography, for me, is not the models; it's not the clothes. It's that you are responsible for defining what a woman today is. That, I think, is my job. — Peter Lindbergh

Strangely, he wasn't in the mood to look at files and papers. Not with Heather Cole to look at. For that matter, even the journals might have fallen short - a shocking thought, but one he wasn't about to analyze at the moment. I wasn't sure you'd be here, and — Barbara Delinsky

Blood of the world, time staunchless flows; The wound is mortal and is mine. — Aldous Huxley

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while. — Jim Butcher

A tremendous amount of energy is freed up when you feel that your vision is actually respected and cared for by the people you're working with. — Tift Merritt

Manet also had an argument with Degas, the end result being that they each returned paintings that they had previous given to each other. — Doris Lanier