Impress Quotes - Page 11

• There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.

  David Levithan

  Trying, Pieces, Gaps

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don’t look so upset,” Hyacinth said, once it was just the two of them again. “You’re quite a catch.” He looked at her assessingly. “Is one meant to say such things quite so directly?” She shrugged. “Not to men one is trying to impress.” “Touché, Miss Bridgerton.” She sighed happily. “My three favorite words.” Of that, he had no doubt.

  Julia Quinn

  Men, Favorite Words, Two

  Julia Quinn (2005). “It's in his kiss”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Ocean, Guy, Trying

  20 Copy quote

• Nothing is drearier than just always telling the truth about yourself. Rousseau, who as far as I can tell was a pathological liar, made this wonderful distinction between lying, which he said there was something wrong with if you were trying to extract an advantage for yourself or evade responsibility for some nasty thing you'd done. But if all you're really trying to do is impress or keep it young or make life more vivid and interesting, go for it! There's no real harm in doing something like that. I think people can be overly saddled to the truth.

  Lawrence Douglas

  Real, Liars, Lying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• This result could have been achieved either by his [God] endowing my intellect with a clear and distinct perception of everything about which I would ever deliberate, or simply by impressing the following rule so firmly upon my memory that I could never forget it: I should never judge anything that I do not clearly and distinctly understand.

  Rene Descartes

  Memories, Judging, Perception

  Rene Descartes (1999). “Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy”, p.86, Hackett Publishing

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think that's always been part of the thinking behind the script, that - and I really tried really hard to impress that upon the staff of the show, the animation staff - to try to get them to understand that we would only be able to get away with what we were writing if the visuals were appealing enough that it was like a balance, and even people who didn't like what they were hearing would still not want to turn away because what they were seeing was so nice. So that was kind of my hunch, and I think it worked.

  Aaron McGruder

  Nice, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Light, Shining

  8 Copy quote

• Then: I google "time-series visualization" and start work on a new version of my model, thinking that maybe I can impress her with a prototype. I am really into the kind of girl you can impress with a prototype.

  Robin Sloan

  Girl, Thinking, Google

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel”, p.55, Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Time, Funny Basketball, Originality

  16 Copy quote

• I've learned not to let it be the end of the world if a boy doesn't like you. I used to put so much effort into boys. I started playing guitar because I wanted to impress this boy. Then, I ended up in love with guitar and I didn't care about the boy anymore.

  Ellie Goulding

  Boys, Guitar, Effort

  "Love Lessons From Ellie Goulding". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. October 9, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records?

  Ellie Goulding

  Thinking, Trying, Albums

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm not impressed by people's degrees. Harvard doesn't impress me, Yale doesn't impress me, Columbia doesn't impress me.

  Sean Hannity

  Yale, People, Degrees

  "Behind Sean Hannity's Desk". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. October 31, 2011.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Love, Singing, May

  Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.20, Feminist Press at CUNY

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

  LeBron James

  Humble, Games, People

  Interview With Larry King, edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?

  Jay-Z

  Art, Wine, Crowds

  4 Copy quote

• I am trying to impress myself. I have yet to do it.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Trying

  4 Copy quote

• All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Want

  7 Copy quote

• It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Law, Mind, Desire

  "It's Do-able!: Power to Unleash Your Dream". Book by Canaan Mashonganyika, p. 125, 2013.

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

  Anne Frank

  Book, Thinking, Hands

  Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.80, GENERAL PRESS

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world.

  Marie de France

  Thinking, World, Fool

  18 Copy quote

• We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

  Jane Fonda

  Our Words, Affirmation, Awareness

  25 Copy quote

• To me, if you're trying to impress a girl, get a date, they're gonna like that more because you're a confident guy. That's what it comes down to.

  Tom Brady

  Girl, Guy, Trying

  Interview, www.si.com. June 21, 2012.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.

  Noam Chomsky

  Giving, Challenges, Trying

  4 Copy quote

• Today, writers want to impress other writers.

  Paulo Coelho

  Want, Today

  "Paulo Coelho's attack on Ulysses insults readers" by Stuart Kelly, www.theguardian.com. August 08, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

  Daniel Craig

  Needs, Problem, No Problem

  9 Copy quote