#impressive

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#american #impressive #less #quantitatively #satisfying

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#am #being #fact #fall #i

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay. ↗

— Evan Davis

#although #anything #bbc #because #being

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#art form #been #cinema #effects #extraordinary

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#how #impressive #matter #mediocrity #motivate

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#could #down #get #guys #gym

Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech companies already doing business in our region. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#already #announced #build #business #companies

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. ↗

— Judith Martin

#far #good #good qualities #help #impressive

My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than artistic pursuits, which I saw a as kind of frivolous. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#being #dad #engineer #frivolous #had

The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#closer #even #foot #gets #great