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Franz Kafka266
author 1883–1924Related quotes
“Yes, first impressions do count but every single impression counts.”
Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
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
“There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.”
Andrzej Sapkowski book Sword of Destiny
Source: Sword of Destiny
“It is sometimes difficult to get rid of first impressions.”
Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (1732–1802) British Baron
Withnell v. Gartham (1795), 6 T. R. 396.
“My first impression of the man as of steel was consolidated and enhanced.”
Bram Stoker book Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving
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.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
Source: World of the Five Gods series, Paladin of Souls (2003), p. 125