Quotes About First Impressions

I'm fascinated by people's obsession with how they look and how humans really do judge you within the first few seconds of meeting you.

Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, said Stamford, introducing us. - How are you? he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.

There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became...

when meeting someone, our brains are in overdrive. Remember Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? He said of Cassius, he "has a lean and hungry look . . . he thinks too much . . . such men are dangerous.

Ceviche is an acquired taste, a phrase which here means 'something you don't like the first few times you eat it....

A menudo las primeras impresiones son absolutamente equivocadas. Puedes mirar un cuadro por primera vez y que no te guste nada, pero, después de mirarlo un rato, te puede parecer muy agradable

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on the inside would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does. Appearance matters a great deal, because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening.

However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their

The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic. Bingley had never met

Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year.

Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak.

A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

For so long people judged me and when people meet me they always say 'oh my god you're actually nice!'

When I was opening my first bank account, the person at the counter thought I was a girl.

that the expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back.

The first thing men notice about a woman is her eyes. Then, when her eyes aren't looking, they notice her breasts.

I don't believe in love at first sight.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting, you're judged by your wits.

Sometimes I think your face and your bearing and your energy have so much more to do with the jobs you get than the actual work and the time and the effort that you put in, or the talent even.