#impress

I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#because #careless #children #days #habitual

A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement. ↗

— Trent Lott

#apologize #choice #conveyed #could #discarded

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

#clarity #how #impress #mainly #people

People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive. ↗

— Matt Lucas

#drive #else #everyone #faces #flattered

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#certain #danger #destruction #doubly #engine

Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#article #foreign #i #impresses #many

I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?' ↗

— Macklemore

#did #different #doing #every #every time

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#child #combine #come #freely #go

I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#contract #expect #had #i #impression

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#experiences #form #future #future life #gave