Quotes About Impression

The uncanny first impression was again one of private hells coexisting in public space.

I noticed a phenomenon that doesn't often happen to a man: several women turned round as he passed them.

Some sentences remain etched in your mind forever.

How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

Richard couldn't even feign compassion. It seemed to Thompson that the general impression Richard was trying to convey, not just with his answers but with the tone of his voice and his body language, was that he was above all this.

and he was absolutely not a selas sort.

El hábito no hace al monje, pero si quieres interpretar un papel, necesitas el disfraz adecuado.

He had an easy manner and an honest smile. He seemed an earnest man. I did not like him.

Mrs. Porter was fat, and her breath smelled like burnt newspapers.

I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates ...

vlastito tijelo nastanjivala je poput ma?ke. Nije mi bila toliko lijepa koliko egzoti?na, premda je izraz možda pretjeran za ono što želim re?i. Sposobnost da se ostavi dojam, bilo bi to vjerojatno to?nije onomu što pokušavam re?i, odre?eni samodostatni izgled koji je ?ovjeka tjerao da je poželi gledati ?ak i kad bi samo besposleno sjedila

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

The author points out that, with life in provincial Washington difficult for those not of independent means, Adams and his wife undervalued the social connections that others found vital. They often made an impression as distant and prideful.

Monet is only an eye—but what an eye!

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

It is better to let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

In his dark suit, white shirt, and rep tie, he looked—and sounded—utterly professional. There was little chance he would make a mistake on direct or get tripped up on cross by a pettifogger, such as my own wily self.

The man behind the check-in counter gives the impression that he has just axe-murdered the motel's owner (and family, and family pet) and is going through these procedures of hostelry so as not to arouse suspicion.

There are images that stay vividly in your mind, even after many years: images coupled with the feeling that at the same time came to you. Sometimes you can know that such an image has been selected to stay with you forever out of the hundreds you every day encounter.

the unexpected side of a man's personality is more memorable than the proof he may appear to give from time to time that he is unchanged, unchangeable.

David Bowie had grasped a fundamental truth: before you can be a genius, you have to seem like a genius.

stood and looked at them—a band of ruddy, high-boned Scots in a silky brown Indian sea. Jock's mother was the pinkest of all, like a flamingo in bright silk. She

She was secretly amused by the man who managed to give the impression of moving in all directions while standing still.

szÅ'ke hajával és szabályos arcvonásaival antiszeptikus benyomást keltett.