gracious sakes

Well, goodness gracious, sakes alive!

His angriest invective was, “Goodness gracious sakes alive!”

John Wooden’s saint-like wholesomeness, which never produced a rebuke more profane than “Goodness gracious sakes alive,” may be the reason no feature film has ever been made about his extraordinary life.

That thunderclap you just heard was John Wooden swearing up a "goodness gracious sakes alive" streak.

“He’d say, “Goodness gracious sakes alive,’ and everybody knew they were in trouble.”