Quotes About Impression

The covers of this book are too far apart.

When we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others. … We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals: ourselves.

I never thought I'd believe Rob Pattinson as an FBI agent." Gabriel smirks before adding, "Still not sure I do, actually.

I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.

Nothing to be sorry about," Therese said crisply. "I'm sure she looked sane at the bar.

I remember [Meyer] Schapiro telling us that before Cézanne, there had always been a place in landscape painting where the viewer could walk into the picture. There was an entrance; you could go there, like walking into a park. But this was not true of Cézanne's landscapes, which were cut off absolutely, abstracted from their context. You could not walk into them—you could enter them only through art, by leaping. Anatole Broyard, Kafka Was the Rage

I do not admire Flaubert, yet when I am told that by his own admission all he hoped to accomplish in in Salammbo was to 'give the impression of the color yellow' and in Madame Bovary 'to do something that would have the color of those mouldy cornices that harbor wood lice' and that he cared for nothing else, such generally extra-literary preoccupations leave me anything but indifferent.

Respectfully I kiss her lovely teeth and she says, slowly, gravely, the second time a few notes higher than the first: 'Communion takes place in silence...Communion takes place in silence.' This, she explains, is because this kiss leaves her with the impression of something sacred, where her teeth 'substituted for the host.

Yo luzco y difumino tus aires, para que pasen a ser esencia trágica de los que ya me conocen, de los que me ven y ya no me olvidan. Para los muertos

Mi ha dato invece l'impressione che la signora, in questo suo continuo darsi, volesse... è difficile spiegarmi... volesse perdersi..." "O piuttosto annullarsi?" "Ecco, annullarsi, si è il verbo giusto" "mi congratulo vivamente con lei, commissario. È un uomo molto sensibile e acuto" "Perchè mi dice questo?" "Perchè molti si sono fatti un'idea sbagliata di Laura

Clothes make the man

Late this evening I looked at the sky and saw the stars. I felt as if it was the first time I had ever looked at them. I was stunned. The stars made an extraordinary impression on me

The first impression is the truth, and all that follows is merely the excuse of memory.

What a story this place will tell," she said.

Most subjects want to shape your view of them, of course.

Most people have come to know the time that John Lennon and I spent together as The Lost Weekend. I am always surprised by how many people are under the impression that our time together lasted only a single weekend.

Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks to shoot.

We both were a part of a contest when we first met, and I clearly remember that Debina was gymming when I first saw her. I too was in the gym, and I too started lifting weights to impress her. But she didn't notice me at all.

I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.

I met Matt when he was in Busted. I was working at MTV and I'd see him wearing baggy jeans, waddling around like a duck so they didn't fall down. He used to wear makeup and have weird hairstyles. But I remember thinking underneath all that was a really cute guy.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're trying to impress a girl, you're not going to impress her. But if you aren't trying to impress a girl, you'll probably impress her because you're not trying.

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

One of my best friends growing up was Vietnamese, and he and his mom would teach me how to say certain things so I could impress my nail girls. Then the nail girls would teach me how to count to 100 and basic things like 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome.' It's funny, because any accent that I do now always turns into Vietnamese.