Courses Quote by Terry Pratchett

It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.

— Charles Baudelaire

“To be astonished at everything, of course, is silly, while to be astonished at nothing is much more handsome, and for some reason is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.

— Charles Darwin

Do not be astonished at anything, even happiness.

— Elsa Triolet

If I'm astonished by what I've done, then I know I've been somewhere in the making of it but not during the making of…

— Gerard Malanga

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

— Elizabeth McGovern

Such immense power, such unsearchable wisdom, and such exuberant goodness, as may justly ravish us to an amazement, rather than a base admiration.

— Robert Boyle

“Astonishment is the effect of the sublime in its highest degree, the inferior effects are admiration, reverence and respect.”

— Edmund Burke

People criticised me for using too many exclamation marks and the word 'awesome' too much, but that's just me.

— Ella Woodward

Some people are impressed with a person, who has a large vocabulary. Im impressed with the person, who knows how to express themselves with…

— Kaoru Shinmon

It doesnt take much to surprise others, but to surprise oneself, now that is a great feat.

— Kristen Hartley

It's always embarrassing when somebody does something praiseworthy of you.

— Kris Kristofferson