Quotes About Impression

We work in the realm of the impression." Nell hailed a taxi and directed the driver to East

Maintaining an appearance mattered as much—more—than what was underneath. The deeper things could come and go, but what broke the surface would be lodged in everyone's memory.

Experience leaves a mark, regardless of the reasons and principles behind it.

We work in the realm of the impression.

a memoir is meant to be an impression of life, and not a photograph.

You look like you're twelve. No. Maybe thirteen, but my sister has this doll that kinda reminds me of you. All big-eyed and vacant.

I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.

Everything you said or did was a data point you put out there in the world.

Grayson was Not Pleased-and no one did Not Pleased like Grayson Hawthorne.

Mijn zus woont hier,' zei ik tegen hem. 'Lichtbruin haar, ongeveer zo groot? Zit binnen te praten met de First Lady, denk ik?

The sales attendant's tone was so carefully nonjudgmental that I was almost certain she was judging me.

An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.

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The flash of her eyes had been succeeded by a dreamy and melancholy softness; they no longer gave the impression of looking at the objects around her: they appeared always to gaze beyond, and far beyond—you would have said out of this world.

I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.

Esta falta de resolución es, tal vez, lo que la hace inolvidable.

Vancouver city was more beautiful to look at across the water than to be in.

Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.

Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.

When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

One cannot escape the impression that the intellectual's most fundamental incompatibility is with the masses. He has managed to thrive in social orders dominated by kings, nobles, priests, and merchants, but not in societies suffused with the tastes and values of the masses.

I looked at him, at the debonair man in the suit of all suits . . . . I wasn't in clothes on the level of his, but I wanted the hotel staff to regard me with respect. I grabbed my bag, hoping he wouldn't say anything about me carrying so much, but. I wanted it to look like I was arriving as a guest, not as rented coochie.

It's funny how sometimes the people we remember the least make the greatest impression on us.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.