Quotes About Impression

I came away with the impression that this guy was either the most forward-thinking finance expert on the planet, or a crack smoker who simply placed his hands on the keyboard, attached electric stimuli to his genitalia, flipped the switch, and started typing.

She looked like a head-on collision between a fashion plate and a nightmare.

You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.

Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.

Anne looked up. Tall and handsome and distinguished-looking—dark, melancholy, inscrutable eyes—melting, musical, sympathetic voice—yes, the very hero of her dreams stood before her in the flesh. He could not have more closely resembled her ideal if he

Miss Eliza was one of those people who give you the impression that life is indeed a vale of tears, and that a smile, never to speak of a laugh, is a waste of nervous energy truly reprehensible. The Andrew girls had been girls for fifty odd years and seemed likely to remain girls to the end of their earthly pilgrimage. Catherine, it was said, had not entirely given up hope, but Eliza, who was born a pessimist, had never had any.

Looks like a cartoon of himself.

Presenciar o mistério da vida era suficientemente impressionante para evitar pensar na morte, em qualquer uma das suas manifestações: o abandono, a perda, o desaparecimento. Não, a única coisa que o seu espírito e o seu coração desejavam era festejar a vida.

I have always said that a picture book is a palace for a poem. I still believe that.

You really shouldn't lean against a wall and try to look tough unless you can cross your arms. Ruins the effect.

Ms. Harrison paled so that the makeup floated on her suddenly pale skin like impressionist water lilies.

We both turned to see Olaf standing in the far doorway. He was wearing black dress slacks, and a black polo-style shirt, the shirtsleeves a little short for his long arms. I guess there just aren't a lot of choices when you wear Jolly Green Giant sizes. He

His look felt like a touch

And I won't deny your neighbors will take you more seriously if you tell them you've written a novel. (Of course if that's the main concern, just go and tell them. You don't have to write anything. Just lie a little. Don't worry—they won't beg to read the manuscript.)

I rode to the fourth floor, poked around until I found the stairway, and walked down a flight. I almost always do this and I sometimes wonder why. I think someone must have done it in a movie once and I was evidently impressed, but it's really a waste of time, especially when the elevator in question is self-service.

She gave me the impression of someone engaged in giving a series of savage caricatures of herself — but this is common to most lonely people who feel that their true self can find no correspondence in another.

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.

An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons, or the facts of science.

How cinematic of an entrance that was.

When strange objects shapes the landscape, we get fiction

One of the greatest tragedies of our time, is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.