Top 100 Quotes About First Impression
#1. Your image is your brand and you have only one opportunity to make that first impression. Choose to make a positive first impression.
Cindy Ann Peterson
#3. Every person is bound to make the first impression with the help of words
Bhavik Sarkhedi
#4. The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the first impression it's going to make. And very often it's portraying a very different film from the one the actors actually did.
Jesse Eisenberg
#5. Forgetting who you are is so much more complicated than simply forgetting your name. It's also forgetting your dreams. Your aspirations. What makes you happy. What you pray you'll never have to live without. It's meeting yourself for the first time, and not being sure of your first impression.
Jessica Brody
#6. You spoke to Nicodemus?' Vivian asked.
[Francesca] 'We did.'
V: 'And he trusts you?'
F: 'As much as one might after a first impression involving hatchets.
Blake Charlton
#7. The uncanny first impression was again one of private hells coexisting in public space.
Patrick McGrath
#8. Recalling his first impression of Hitler, Hanfstaengl wrote, Hitler looked like a suburban hairdresser on his day off.
Erik Larson
#9. We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
Camilo Villegas
#11. I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me.
Boris Kodjoe
#12. Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
Natalie Massenet
#13. What kind of impression are you leaving on people? Activate the ability for your first impression and last impression!
John Di Lemme
#14. The first impression is readily received. We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to efface them.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#15. The first impression is the truth, and all that follows is merely the excuse of memory.
Andrew Crumey
#17. Most people never know more than a surface layer of each other's personalities. They take the bolder characteristics of a first impression at face value because they're lazy, and they carry those expectations and prejudices throughout the entire relationship.
Max Monroe
#18. He looked like a young Crusader on a tomb. That was Phyllis's first impression of Allan Harrington.
Margaret Widdemer
#19. You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.
Diablo Cody
#20. The first impression of a new subject is not necessary the best. Seen from a different angle or under different condition it might look even better. Always study a three - dimensional subject with one eye closed.
Andreas Feininger
#21. My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.
Dave Mustaine
#22. You only have one first chance to make one first impression that lasts a lifetime.
Nas
#23. I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street ... I'm like, 'Really?' But obviously, I can't judge someone for that first impression.
Juan Pablo Galavis
#24. If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.
Daniel Kahneman
#25. Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.
Colleen Atwood
#26. A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
Lois McMaster Bujold
#27. There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.
Andrzej Sapkowski
#28. When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols.
Brad Pitt
#29. A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.
Willem Dafoe
#30. What's the first impression you have of a new place? Is it the first meal you eat? The first time you have an ice cream cone? The first person you meet? The first night you spend in your new bed in your new home? The first broken promise?
Lisa See
#31. If you want to make a good first impression, smile at people. What does it cost to smile? Nothing. What does it cost not to smile? Everything, if not smiling prevents you from enchanting people.
Guy Kawasaki
#32. Well," I said. "Hello, nurse." "I can't think of a sexier first impression than a man quoting Yakko and Wakko Warner," she said, her tone dry.
Anonymous
#33. School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull and stupid, only Coke provides relief. And other products, too, of course.
John Taylor Gatto
#34. Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.
Andy Garcia
#35. Sometimes I will look away very quickly, and freeze frame that first impression, pleased with myself that I have outsmarted my own smartness, and perceived a colour as it actually is.
Catherine Taylor
#36. Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis ... Don't be afraid of putting on colour ... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.
Camille Pissarro
#37. Welcome to apartment life," Cash breathed.
"I sure know how to make a great first impression," I muttered, following Cash as he laughed. I didn't see what was so funny. I'd been yearning for that kiss for months.
"No welcome cookies for you then.
Shaye Evans
#38. People are inevitably disappointed, because no one's as good as Bill Clinton's first impression. Or, he's done things. He's disappointed people in a variety of ways. And so then, the fall is hard.
Dee Dee Myers
#39. She'd known the guy a grand total of five minutes and he'd already left her a sour first impression. The last thing she ought to be doing right now was ogling his six-pack.
Jena Leigh
#41. First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.
Frank Oz
#42. Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.
Charles R. Swindoll
#43. I wonder why I never learn my lesson. It's feeling like the second chance and it's the first impression
Drake
#44. The first impression scares the shit out of me, but it's breathtaking, too, like when you push off a cliff and feel the wind against your face. At that point, you're not thinking of anything but free fall.
Ann Aguirre
#45. Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
Nicholas Sparks
#46. In order to get the worst possible first impression of Los Angeles one should arrive there by bus, preferably in summer and on a Saturday night.
Christopher Isherwood
#47. Later, just before she drifted off to sleep, Jess realized the ghastly fact that, just as she had assumed that Edouard smelt disgusting, Edouard's first impression of her would have been that she did. The only difference was that she really had. It was not the greatest start to their relationship.
Sue Limb
#48. I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
Gary Vaynerchuk
#49. They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif had been conceived.
Irving Stone
#50. Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
Anton Chekhov
#51. Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.
P.D. Ouspensky
#52. You know who makes a great first impression? Liars.
Daniel Tosh
#53. Sometimes I'll read an audition and I'll get a very strong first impression about who the person is, and I usually go with it.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten
#54. Growing up in Atlanta I always had a sense of what fashion was, a sense of style - my parents always talked about the importance of making a first impression and that's stayed with me.
Cam Newton
#55. Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
#56. My first impression of those people, founded on face and manner alone, was invariably true. My mistake was in suffering them to come nearer to me and explain themselves away.
Charles Dickens
#57. My first impression was that this guy [Ndamukong Suh] is very confident. For him to be so young, I was kind of caught off guard by how confident he was. But then my first time seeing him on the field, pretty much solidified why he was so confident. He's obviously a monster.
Nate Burleson
#58. Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West.
Billy Joel
#59. 'Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.
Hunter Hayes
#61. I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100 percent like Lukashenko, when I came to power after the breakup of the Soviet Union
Alexander Lukashenko
#62. I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these trash magazines with paparazzo pictures.
Wim Wenders
#63. That was my first impression of you, Aubrey. A wick drowning in melted wax, your flame in danger. Just one more gust of wind and you'd be lost. You'd become that lost girl, sad through and through.
Mimi Strong
#64. For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression.
Billy Zane
#65. Seven minutes is all you get to make a positive first impression. In the first seven minutes of contact with your church, your first-time guests will know whether or not they are coming back. That's before a single worship song is sung and before a single word of the message is uttered.
Nelson Searcy
#66. At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.
Frank Iero
#67. You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.
Harvey MacKay
#68. I think that rather being overly-friendly at first, having a cold first impression and slowly making them realize that I'm not that cold is better.
Jessica Jung
#70. But the fact was, Sherrie Marla trusted him already. When he took the ice off, and showed to her his new symmetry, she didn't flinch. His face was him to her now. It was not a map or an indicator of some abstract idea. Turned out it was only the first impression he needed to alter.
Aimee Bender
#71. Sugar got her beauty from her mama, was Theo's first impression, but this woman did not strike him as having a heart of gold. She looked rich and mean, the opposite of his own mother, and he felt proud that Sugar had turned out the way she had despite that.
Sarah-Kate Lynch
#72. My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.
Lisa Kleypas
#73. My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.
Naima Adedapo
#74. 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
#75. What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.
Pierre Bonnard
#77. I've always liked American actors particularly. Because that was my first impression. I was very enamoured of America when I was a kid because we were surrounded by American soldiers during the war, the accent was very strange to me, it was very exotic and very captivating.
Anthony Hopkins
#78. It's important to make a great first impression, so make sure to hold on to your damn weave.
RuPaul
#79. So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door.
F Scott Fitzgerald
#80. Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist ... Never lose sight of that first impression by which you were moved.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
#81. I hope this in some small part makes up for the terrible first impression. I would love to take you out for a drink sometime. I promise not to spill it on you.
Erika Lance
#82. Go out of your way to make an outstanding first impression.
Robert Cheeke
#83. Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.
Jay Samit
#84. When I met Nathan, I told my tour manager he was too good-looking for me. I don't have a history of dating good-looking men. I've always complained that girls don't get male groupies, and now I've married the first groupie I've ever had. (on her first impression of husband, Nathan Larson)
Nina Persson
#85. You don't get a second chance to make a first impression.
Dale Quentin
#86. I believe in first impression but most importantly I believe in God's impression
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#87. *You only get one chance to make a first impression.* Ah, whatever!!! Who said you get three chances to make the second impression?!!
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
#89. Two things remain irretrievable: time and a first impression.
Cynthia Ozick
#90. When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.
Park Chan-wook
#91. Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.
J.R. Rim
#92. She remembered her first impression of him, tall, roughly handsome, and dangerous, like poison dressed up in an attractive bottle. It
Stephanie Garber
#93. I wanted to make a good first impression with these girls - and a good second impression with one - and apparently I was convinced this all hung on picking out the right tie. I sighed. These girls were already turning me into a puddle of stupid.
Kiera Cass
#94. Anna seems warmer every time I meet her, thinks Lou. Funny, that. Some people, who seem friendly on first impression, turn out to be disappointingly superficial, whereas the aloof ones, like Anna, emerge as affectionate and loyal.
Sarah Rayner
#95. Back. So why am I so worried about making a first impression? I answer my own question: Because you only get to do it once. Every time after, you are only making up for what happened during that initial meeting.
Jodi Picoult
#96. I think it's really important that I'm not the only model in the world that goes through personal problems. People forget that we're human. We don't get to call in sick. You have to go and put on a smile. Every single day is a first impression, so you can't have a bummed-out day.
Gigi Hadid
#97. If people are always comfortable with you, you're probably not telling them the whole truth.
Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
#98. From the instant of our first meeting I judged him so, though it could be said that I was prejudiced. When one is standing naked on a slave-auction block in a wind cold enough to freeze a demon's backside, one is unlikely to have a fair impression of anyone.
Carol Berg
#99. The first time I passed through the country (Switzerland) I had the impression it was swept down with a broom from one end to the other every morning by housewives who dumped all the dirt in Italy.
Ernesto Sabato
#100. Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions ... by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.
Malcolm Gladwell
