Stephen Greenblatt

What matters here are the works - finally without them his life would be uninteresting. What matters, that is, are the astonishing things that he left behind. If we can get the life in relation to the works, then it can take off.

American Critic

Alexander Fleming

I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening.

Scottish Scientist

Max Muller

I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not know myself, that when I recovered from it he had already been long upon the street.

German Educator

Mark Haddon

Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't know how to deal with them in real life.

English Novelist

Terry Southern

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

American Writer

William Inge

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

English Clergyman

Mary Augusta Ward

It is the rank and file - the average woman - for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly.

British Novelist

Mike Oldfield

I'm just so grateful and astonished that I'm still respected and listened to.

English Musician

Morrissey

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.

Ann Patchett

In my life, I have met astonishingly good people.

American Author

Use 'astonish' when the surprise is strong and unexpected.

High Impact

'Astonish' can express both positive and negative surprise.

Positive or Negative

Don't use 'astonish' for situations that are only slightly surprising.

Not for Mild Surprise

'Astonish' involves a degree of shock or wonder that is remarkable or impressive.

Great Wonder

The surprise can be so intense it may momentarily overwhelm someone.

Strong Emotion

The word can imply a visible reaction, such as wide-eyed, open-mouthed, or gasping.

Physical Reaction

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How to green the world's...

 In the morning, the stranger began to dig the foundations at an astonishing speed, and at nightfall he set off towards the mountains to obtain the building stones. But it was only the next morning, when they saw him returning, that the gods began to worry. As agreed, no other people were helping the mason.

The myth of Loki and the...

 horrible and the seals and the jackals they're just dealing with this pretty much every day that's what life's like here it was pretty astonishing to watch seals just hanging out on the beach lying down with sand whipping right over them and the jackals coming through the jackals are small

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 ba-bang is astonished at how light she feels she only speaks the burmese dialect so maha helps her express her feelings well we never get to see what the neck looks like so we want to have a look and see how it turned out for

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 orangutan may have machine-like stamina but it's the astonishing and versatile mind of the real orangutan that's one the day she certainly earned her rest to help her in her quest she's equipped

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 strategy helping them to avoid competition start a new colony or even find more food in fact their silk superhighway is so successful some tiny travelers have been found an astonishing

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 that he works with now aids astonishing accuracy demonstrates not just a strong grasp of syntax and vocabulary but a razor-sharp long-term memory

Incredible Orangutan...

 this is one of the most astonishing sights that i've ever seen we are looking down on the world's largest mammal vibration

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 I love the universe. The vastness, the mystery, the astonishing beauty of the stars.