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First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes. — Denis Diderot

Astonish me in the morning! — Tyrone Guthrie

As a former ballerina, I can't put down Maggie Shipstead's new book, Astonish Me. — Caitlin Moran

Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me ... — Anthony Bourdain

One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it. — Diana Wynne Jones

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. — Terry Southern

It was never built for the comfort and happiness of its citizens, but to astonish the world. — Susan Ertz

The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince. — Lucian Freud

Astonish me! (Instruction to photographers) — Alexey Brodovitch

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

It never failed to astonish him, then or ever, how much of the world around him was mysterious and hidden from view. — Lev Grossman

It is all still new to me. I have lived my life on the prairie and a line of oak trees can still astonish me. — Marilynne Robinson

With an apple I will astonish Paris. — Paul Cezanne

It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought. — Timothy Noah

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It does not astonish me that the critics in London relegate me to the lowest rank. Alas! I fear that they are only too justified! — Camille Pissarro

It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished. — Aubrey Menen

But round your image
there is no fog, and the Earth
can still astonish. — W. H. Auden

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds. — David Blaine

Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends. — Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world. — James Buchanan

Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel. — Dani Shapiro

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain

I surround myself with women who inspire me to be more ambitious, and who constantly astonish me with their magnetism, style, and smarts. — Heidi Julavits

When I reach the shades at last it will no doubt astonish Satan to discover, on thumbing my dossier, that I was a member of the Y.M.C.A. — H.L. Mencken

Last days, last things, loom on: I write / to astonish myself. So much for all / plain speaking... — Geoffrey Hill

Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest — Albert Einstein

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. — Jean De La Bruyere

The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. — Eugene Ionesco