Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

I am all astonishment.

...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.

Disbelief held me down inside my footsteps, making my body heavy but my heart wild.

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

It's hard to make me speechless.

Always the tone of surpise.

I couldn't believe it. It was unbelievable, that's why. My face was like a frozen fish finger. All rigid and pale. (But obviously not with breadcrumbs on it.)

I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.

I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that I see a man who's prettier than I am." (Alexandra)

My gast was pretty well flabbered.

I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.

Every single day I'm shocked.

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'

You could have knocked me down with a fender.

an expression of surprise falls from her face, though she's trying to keep it. it breaks off and she seems to catch it and fidget with it in her hands.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

I'm dumbfounded, but nothing surprises me in this game.

Who would have thought it?

Though it might sound quaint, there was a time when people could be astonished.

Surprise is a huge element in acting.

The essence of comedy, drama, and horror is surprise. I have an uncanny ability to surprise people because they look at my face, and they don't know where I'm going.

The goal is to blow the audience's mind.

The fact is I get shocked every time I meet Salman. I don't know why.