Quotes About Impression

He was small but his eyebrows were big. In fact they were the biggest eyebrows I had ever seen. They were large, luxuriant and very black.

She appeared eventually in an enormous pair of black sunglasses and a flimsy cotton dress that insinuated everything and said nothing

Nothing touches the soul but leaves its impress, and thus, little by little, we are fashioned into the image of all we have seen and heard, known and meditated; and if we learn to live with all that is fairest and purest and best , the love of it all will in the end become our life.

Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.

The omelette tasted like flannel.

If you want to gain any man's good opinion, take particular care how you behave the first time you are in company with him; the light you appear in at first, to one who is neither inclinable to think well nor ill of you, will strongly prejudice him either for or against you.

Wildlife television programmes and their depiction of the African wilds and the creatures that inhabit them tend to give the false impression that elephants are friendly creatures (while they are indeed noble beasts, they are at best indifferent to our presence), and that you can cuddle lions and make pets of hyaenas.

A thick, heavily muscled Asian kid folded his arms as he studied Thomas, his tight shirtsleeves rolled up to show off his biceps.

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We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I got the idea that Merton was bright, funny, holy, and altogether unique. But there was something else about the show that drew me.

I looked him up and down. There was a lot of "up" to look at. This kid was tall, all right.

First: Spend at least six hours getting ready. Study yourself in the mirror at home. Is your hairdo media-friendly? Will your outfit read in black and white? Does your "look" inspire at least two clever sound bites?

La impresión espartana que transmitía correspondería a su naturaleza o a su bolsillo.

He was talking in a voice which didn't sound at all like James Bond, but which Harriet recognized as his James Bond voice.

I thought (erroneously) that he dressed like Alfred Douglas, or the Comte de Montesquiou: beautiful starchy shirts with French cuffs; magnificent neckties; a black greatcoat that billowed behind him as he walked and made him look like a cross between a student prince and Jack the Ripper.

I never realized, you know, how much we rely on appearances," he said. "It's not that we're so smart, it's just that we don't look like we did it. We might as well be a bunch of Sunday-school teachers as far as everyone else is concerned. But these guys won't be taken in by that.

I was very taken with the idea that a person might notice in passing some bewitching stranger and remember her for the rest of his life.

White vividly recalled sitting "pop-eyed with wonder" at the edge of his chair while Roosevelt spoke "with a kind of dynamic, burning candor" about his plans.

So this was Richard's brother. Every line of him spoke, palimpsest-wise, with two voices. The clothes, black and rich, were vaguely slovenly; the skin sun-glazed and cracked; the fine eyes slackly lidded; the mouth insolent and self-indulgent. He returned the scrutiny without rancour.

Gabriel thinks a lot of you.' 'I thought I talked too much for his comfort,' said Lymond. 'But I hear he has a ravishing sister. I must mend my ways.

Because,' said Crawford, as if he hadn't spoken, 'you ought to remember that Philippa has been trained in Turkey and will expect certain standards if you mean to make an impression, whether as her first client or her bigamous husband. I could provide some instruction.' Austin walked to the door. 'Or a demonstration?' said the other man wistfully.