Quotes About Impression

Appearance, after all, was a reflection of what a person thought of themselves and therefore, by extension, of others.

Magrat had used a lot of powder to make her face pale and interesting. It combined with the lavishly applied mascara to give the guard the impression that he was looking at two flies that had crashed into a sugar bowl.

She had a tall bearing and a tall voice and a tall manner, and was tall in every respect except height. Amazingly, she'd apparently been able to keep this a secret from people.

Upstairs, in what had been until then the cash office, Young Sam slept peacefully in a makeshift bed. One day, Vimes hoped, he would be able to tell him that on one special night he'd been guarded by four troll watchmen. They'd been off duty but volunteered to come in for this, and were just itching for some dwarfs to try anything. Sam hoped the boy would be impressed; the most other kids could hope for was angels.

Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things. Well-known fact," said Granny. "But I don't hold with encouraging it.

The three thieves looked around. As their eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, they received a general impression of armourality, with strong overtones of helmetness.

The man gave Dodger a cursory glance that had quite a lot of curse in it.

You have made quite a splash," said Vetinari, smiling, "as the fish said to the man with the lead weight tied to his feet.

But I thought she thought he was just a big pile of jobbies?" he said. "I seen her oout walkin', an' when he comes ridin' past, she sticks her nose in th' air and looks the other wa'. In fact, sometimes I seen her wait aroound a full five-and-twenty minutes for him tae come past, just so's she can do that.

Amazin'.' he said again. 'He just looks as though he's thinking, right?' 'Er...yes.' 'But he's not actually thinking?' 'Er...no.' 'So...he just gives the impression of thinking but really it's just a show?' 'Er...yes.' Just like everyone else, then really,' said Ridcully

He had impressed Slim, who admired his boldness. When Slim said: "Don't you think you're taking considerable risks in coming here and adopting this attitude?" he had replied, "No." "Why not?" "Because you are a British officer." As Slim later wrote, Aung San scored heavily.

Your way of not bothering looks exactly like bothering, if you ask me.

Jennie went about her work, but the impression persisted; his name ran in her mind. Lester Kane. And he was from Cincinnati.

The 'Art of Charm' podcast can be intimidating. Not just because it's the work of a lawyer called Jordan Harbinger. Not simply because Jordan has worked out how to weaponise all the many elements of the human personality that go to make up charisma in order to get people to listen to him, be impressed by him, or hire him.

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

When I think of the name 'Joyce' I think of a grandma or an old chubby Mrs. Claus.

I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street... I'm like, 'Really?' But obviously, I can't judge someone for that first impression.

I judge people very quickly.

In life, you don't judge people on how they are at home, you judge them on how they are at work.

Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.

People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

As a book is judged by its cover, so a fad is judged by its name.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.