impression quotes

The Hindu religions gave me the impression of a vast well into which one plunges in order to grasp the reflection of the sun.

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Well, Howard Stern has been doing his impression of me for years. It doesn’t really bother me.

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

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

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.

Only the really plain people know about love – the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.