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Franz Kafka 266
author 1883–1924Related quotes
“Yes, first impressions do count but every single impression counts.”
You cannot fake being positive, but you can practise and teach yourself to appear and act in a positive manner.
Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), p.18
“It is sometimes difficult to get rid of first impressions.”
Withnell v. Gartham (1795), 6 T. R. 396.
“My first impression of the man as of steel was consolidated and enhanced.”
On a later meeting of Richard Francis Burton, on 8 February 1879, in, Vol. 1, p. 225
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1907)
Context: My first impression of the man as of steel was consolidated and enhanced. He told us, amongst other things, of the work he had in hand. Three great books were partially done. The translation of the Arabian Nights, the metrical translation of Camoëns, and the Book of the Sword. These were all works of vast magnitude and requiring endless research. But he lived to complete them all.
“First impression only opens the door, but does not lock it.”
Source: World of the Five Gods series, Paladin of Souls (2003), p. 125