#impressions

Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions. ↗

— Thomas Couture

#colors #connection #consists #expressing #how

Anger does not last, that way, for years. But there are other things. Impressions last, when they have been strong. ↗

— Henry James

#anger

Thank you. I realize my methods have dampened your spirits somewhat, but in the long run you will not regret it." She did not answer, simply preceded him to the door of her room. "You look very nice tonight, Claire. May I say that that color suits you admirably." The door closed in his face. ↗

— Shelley Adina

#anger

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics. ↗

— Richard Branson

#business

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese. Klaus, when Sunny was born, did not like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves. Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#change

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? ↗

— Saint Jérôme

#first-impressions #past #change

What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#impressions #quotes #speaking #teach #teaching

Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#first-impressions #passion #change

You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#freedom #image #impressions #peace #war

I'm a big believer in first impressions," he finally said. "Tell me what your first thought was when Jason walked into the courtroom." Taylor took a sip of her drink and grinned. This one was easy. "I vowed to hate him forever." Jeremy's brown eyes twinkled at this. "That's exactly what I said nineteen years ago, five minutes after he first walked into our dorm room. ↗

— Julie James

#humor #romance #humor