Quotes About Impression

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

I think you can tell the difference between "swagger" and real confidence immediately. You can smell it, like bad body spray versus nice cologne.

Confidence is seen, not heard.

Presence is a result of confidence. Presence... when we see it we feel it.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.

My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

Gentlemen always seem to remember blondes.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Wow. Nice bike," I said. Which was a lie. It looked like a glossy black death trap.

Sometimes you cannot help what you hear, you cannot help what you see.

He was such a happy boy, and happiness is not memorable.

You know also that the beginning is the most important part of any work, espe- cially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

We are not dissatisfied with our choices and with what life has given us, but when we meet we both have a curious and not unpleasant impression that a veil, a breath, a throw of the dice deflected us onto two divergent paths, which were not ours.

It is lucky that it is not windy today. Strange, how in some way one always has the impression of being fortunate, how some chance happening perhaps infinitesimal, stops us crossing the threshold of despair and allows us to live. It is raining, but it is not windy.

Strange, how in some way one always has the impression of being fortunate, how some chance happening, perhaps infinitesimal, stops us crossing the threshold of despair and allows us to live.

I hate that I see the world through eyes you crafted.

Nothing like Rome, boy. Gets us all the first time." "And every time after.

Chief Hannah Moses," she said. "You must be Mrs. Grant." "Heard of me?" "You left an impression. You may be the first combat librarian I've ever met." That earned an almost-full smile from the other woman. "I think most librarians are combat qualified," she said. "It's not as peaceful a job as it looks.

That's funny. I've always liked Naomi's version of me the best. I'm always much more interesting when she talks about me.

Their first date was at the symphony. How mean can a guy be who likes Mozart? I hope, at least.

With his eyes squinted to slits, Donny reminds me of Clint Eastwood, if Clint Eastwood were eight inches shorter, thirty pounds heavier, less good-looking, with male-pattern baldness, and badly scarred.

My wife, who is the linchpin of my life, claims that I have a presence much bigger than my physique. She says that people measure me by the impression I make on them. I find this notion ludicrous. It is bullshit born of love.

I don't have visions. It was a presentiment. A feeling, an impression.