Quotes About First Impressions

It is true, however, that first impressions often change, for we know only too well that all is not gold that glitters and that though there may be a bright dawn, there is also a dark midnight and a burning, oppressive heat at noon.

I have never fancied or been attracted to a man on first meeting him.

They have known her since she was a girl, they know everything there is to know about her, some of them may have been involved with her, now water under the bridge, over and done with; in other words, there is a veil of other images that settles on her image and blurs it, a weight of memories that keep me from seeing her as a person seen for the first time, other people's memories suspended like the smoke under the lamps.

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late?

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

When I first showed up at Villa I thought we had a weird old dressing room.

Gamache wondered how low the bar was set when all a man had to do to attract a woman was not smell like decomposing bears.

People can perceive a lot in seven seconds. They can decide that they do not want to hear anything a speaker has to say

Two of the hardest things are saying hello for the first time, and goodbye for the last time.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Go out looking like crap. CUTE GUY. fu...

Don't rush ahead to unfounded conclusions about someone you've just met. Rumors and gossip don't mean a thing. In order to capture the real personality you have to spend some quality one-on-one time with each other.

The first time you buy a house you see how pretty the paint is and buy it. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men.

Things often are as they appear. First impressions matter.

He who fails to please in his salutation and address is at once rejected, and never obtains an opportunity of showing his latest excellences or essential qualities.

If you treat a first date like an interview, it will feel like one. just be yourself and let your personality shine.

And so it is with things that we shall later love the most. We meet them first as strangers who give us only a feeling of surprise.

Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.

We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.

Jane, this young man is Jacob, my oldest son. It's no secret that a headmistress's biggest challenge is her family. Jacob, say hello to Jane." "Hello to Jane," he parroted, pulling out the pockets of his shorts in a silly curtsey. I couldn't decide if it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen, or the funniest, so I stared back at him.

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

Love at first sight is possible, but it pays to take a second look.

All books are judged by their covers until they are read.