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Impression Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and…
- 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,…
- The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
- What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so…
More Impression Quotes
- Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries… — Marcus Aurelius
- If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be… — Brigitte Bardot
- A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we… — Saul Bellow
- My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star. — Winston Churchill
- My love is thaw'd; Which, like a waxen image 'gainst a fire, bears no impression of the thing it was — William Shakespeare
- A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates,… — Albert Einstein
- I believe a writer is an eye, a pervasive eye that sees the reality that surrounds us, as well as the impression… — Mariela Griffor
- There are billions of people on earth. They are all transmitting thoughts and impressions, most of which are not directed towards enlightenment.… — Frederick Lenz