Top 1200 First Impression Quotes & Sayings

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!

[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character.

The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression

A good first impression can work wonders

First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

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.

I had my first bowl of gazpacho when I was fifteen in Spain, and the impression it made was a lasting one.

Go out of your way to make an outstanding first impression.

You only have one first chance to make one first impression that lasts a lifetime.

There's not too many times you get a chance to make a second first impression.

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone to waste. It is physiologically incomplete... Its motor consequences are what clinch it.

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.

My first impression of Van Halen was that David Lee Roth was a god, and that so was Eddie.

Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.

Sometimes, just to give the impression that you have the strength and the vitality demands a lot. You can't always give that impression when you have heels and a wig on and it's 40 degrees outside.

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.

Two things remain irretrievable: time and a first impression.

I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless.

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.

I've seen promotions rush things to market and not be strategic about it. The first impression is the lasting impression.

In the movies first impressions are everything. Or, to put it less drastically, in the movies there are no later impressions without a first impression, because you will have stopped watching. Sometimes a critic persuades you to give an unpromising-looking movie a chance, but the movie had better convey the impression pretty quickly that the critic might be right.

You only get one chance to make the first impression. And I made the biggest first impression ever by throwing the Big Show over the top rope.

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.

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.

A good impression is great. But a bad impression is even better.

A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.

My belief is you have one chance to make a first impression.

You know who makes a great first impression? Liars.

The first day, week and month of an employees experience carries a lasting impression.

Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me.

Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly.

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

I strongly believe that appearance is important, as it's the first impression you get, but that is definitely not the deciding factor.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.

Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .

I remember seeing the Colosseum for the first time when I was a young boy. It left a lasting impression on me.

I think if you watch a lot of what I do, you're going to ultimately walk away seeing me. I can't hide - that impression is a personal impression people have of me.

A visual always brings a first impression. But if there's going to be a first impression, I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?

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.

There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

The first impression of a work of art is its otherness from reality.

The first day, week and month of an employee's experience carries a lasting impression.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.

People tend to hold on to their first impressions - that's why those first descriptions can be so important. You don't even necessarily look at people that carefully after a while; you just hold on to that early impression.

I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.

I just don't give off a great first impression.

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.

Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.

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.

My first impression when I heard 'Heaven' was, 'Do not let anyone else have that song! I'm putting it on hold.' I knew it was special from the first time I heard it, and I thought my fans would love it as much as I did.

Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression.