Quotes About Impression

And then she figures out something important: These people aren't looking at her. They're not even giving her a second glance. They're all looking at Raven. And it's not just a case of celebrity watching or something like that. All of these Raft dudes, these tough scary homeboys of the sea, are scared shitless of this guy. And she's on a date with him. And it's just started.

He was forty-seven years old but in dim light could have passed for thirty.

It registered on the mind as a blunt impression that could be talked about only by smearing it into some gray word like "complicated.

other people's perfume sticks with you like a bladder infection.

Now, if you—the ingenious Dr. Leibniz—contrive a machine that gives the impression of thinking—is it really thinking, or merely reflecting your genius?" "You could as well have asked: are we thinking? Or merely reflecting God's genius?

She watches him walk outside, through the big doors and into the morning. A big man with a big walk. The world turning like a wheel beneath him.

Well, he said, opening the door to his car, all you can do is put on an appearance of confidence sometimes. And after a while, others will start to believe it. [Eric Weber] grabbed the door handle to pull it closed. And then you die.

Besides, most bystanders who see you approach a girl or a group assume that you know the people. So act like you do. Not only will it ease your worries about what everyone else is thinking, but it'll also make your approach more effective.

In that state of dishabille, she met the rest of the house. "I

And this requires only good grooming, and clothing that conveys an attractive identity.

She was not fat, but solid, and she chose protective garments that drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Aunt Alexandra's was once an hour-glass figure. From any angle, it was formidable.

Financial market data – specifically, movements in the prices of government bonds – strongly reinforce the impression that the war came as a surprise to the people who had the biggest incentive to anticipate it.

Appear as you may wish to be

Men in general are as much affected by what a thing appears to be as by what it is, indeed they are frequently influenced more by appearances than by reality.

People in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, for everyone can see, but few can feel. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are.

Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.

If you'd rather not answer, you don't have to, Miles offered. I'm sure it wouldn't change my impression of him, anyway. And what impression is that? I don't like him. Sarah laughed. Why do you say that? Because you don't like him. You're pretty perceptive.

'Brokeback Mountain' just blew me away. I'll always remember talking to Heath Ledger just after he finished that movie and he was going on about working with Ang and how incredible he was.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth.

Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.

I would tell people my dad was all the characters he's played in movies, because once you say he's a lawyer or something, they move on.

Sometimes I'm kind of cranky coming to see something. I saw the Mona Lisa when it was in L.A., saw it for 13 seconds and had to move on.

It's nice to have people tell you they leave a movie theater without any problems.

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.