Top 162 Appalled Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely in our environment?
I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.
I was appalled that the San Francisco ethic didn't mushroom and envelope the whole world into this loving community of acid freaks. I was very naive.
I do not," I felt oddly appalled by her statement. "I'm an excellent liar. Ask my dentist. He swears I floss regularly.
I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.
On the street where I lived, they almost didn't know the word 'university,' and my mother was simply appalled when it was suggested to her that I was to go to a drama college.
Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?
I think Gypsy [Rose Lee] would be appalled at today's rawer, more blatant displays of the female form. She was, in her own way, a prude.
I am appalled by Le Pen's anti-Semitic past and feelings. A man who says the Holocaust is no more than a footnote in history is beyond my comprehension.
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it.
I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along.
Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life.
He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.
When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind.
If someone was to tally the number of human hours wasted in business by people trying to accomplish objectives without being given the authority to do so, we would all be appalled.
Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted principle of medicine. That is why I was so appalled by the NFL doctors who were denying my work.
I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.
The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
Jenni Fagan is the real thing, and The Panopticon is a real treat: maturely alive to the pains of maturing, and cleverly amused as well as appalled by what it finds in the world.
I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.
I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.
If you met me in London, you might be appalled at how English I sounded.
I do not regard myself as a Christian politician. I regard myself as a politician who just happens to think religion matters. I would be appalled, absolutely appalled, to think religion drove anyone's politics in a secular democracy like ours.
Your past wouldn’t frighten me,” I said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. “I’m guessing I’d be more appalled than anything.
I'm appalled that when I talk about the neo-conservatives it's somehow twisted, some sort of a racist comment.
Vegetarians may be appalled, but much of gardening is actually raising animals: the tiny ones under the earth's surface
It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts to understand and control the forces of nature.We were appalled by what we saw.
We seem to live in an age where we are quietly appalled by the idea of appetites, whether they be for sex, food or diamonds.
Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.
We are now paying the cost of people who move jobs overseas as taxpayers, and people are appalled when they hear that.
I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they would be utterly appalled.
The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff.
..if a special geometry has to be invented in order to account for a falling apple, even Newton might be appalled at the complications which would ensue when really difficult problems are tackled.
What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news.
I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so heavily that there's no humanity left in it.
I think the way NOW characterized Smith Barney is disgraceful. I am appalled that an organization like that would not have reserved judgment (until) making their own investigation.
I used to be a very serious pianist, and I was one of the snot-nosed classical ones who was appalled by nightmares of Ethel Merman and trombones blasting in the background and who knows what else.
When people say 'love to hate', they actually mean 'love to be appalled by' - if they truly hated them, they'd never repeat a catch phrase.
Kashmiri Pandits are the worst victim of intolerance who were forced to leave their houses, I saw their camps and am appalled to see the conditions they are forced to live in.
I haven't yet managed to capture the colour of this landscape; there are moments when I'm appalled at the colours I'm having to use, I'm afraid what I'm doing is just dreadful and yet I really am understating it; the light is simply terrifying.
I went from rotary phone to Twitter. And was appalled at the notion.
I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.
I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.
I am so appalled by the whole social media thing. I don't get it; it doesn't appeal to me. Neither does a computer or working on a laptop.
I am standing in solidarity with decent Remain voters who respected the rules and accepted the result and are as appalled by Parliament's undemocratic antics as the most ardent Brexiteer.
I'm appalled that an industry has grown around teaching a practice as wholesome and spiritual as yoga, so I decided to create my own free video to help people get started.
Why are people who are appalled at insider trading so quick to trade on inside information when it comes their way?
Messrs. Washington and Lincoln would be appalled and saddened by what their successor, President Obama, and the modern Democratic Party are doing to the nation they dedicated their lives to keep alive.
I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal for a guilty person.
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.
I am appalled by the great injustice being perpetrated by those Jewish organizations that engage in anti-Christian bigotry.
Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.
The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.
I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up.
I am not afraid of death threats, but I am appalled that so many people are capable of so much wrong spelling and fractured grammar!
William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it.
I'm appalled at how many people my age, or even five or ten years younger, have no tangible memories of important history that happened when we were growing up.
