Impression Quotes

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As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer… — Friedrich August von Hayek
She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means… — Henry James
You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to… — Michael Frayn
In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions. — Leo Tolstoy
I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me. — Henry David Thoreau
A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series… — Henepola Gunaratana
[B]y far the larger number of the dreams... occurred towards dawn; sometimes even, after sunrise, during a "second sleep." A condition of fasting, united, possibly,… — Anna Kingsford
To read the papers and to listen to the news... one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not get that impression… — Charles Kuralt
Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It's not how many followers you have, it's how many care. It's not width, it's depth. It's not how many impressions you get, it's how… — Gary Vaynerchuk
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord,… — W. Somerset Maugham
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions. — Philibert Joseph Roux
A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it. — P.J. O'Rourke
Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is. — Andy Rooney
The belief of immortality is impressed upon all men, and all men act under an impression of it, however they may talk, and though, perhaps,… — Samuel Johnson
In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the… — James Madison
The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing that,… — Giacomo Leopardi
One of the proud joys of the man of letters --if that man of letters is an artist is to feel within himself the power… — Edmond de Goncourt

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