Good First Impression Quotes:

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

- Will Rogers

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A good first impression can work wonders

- J. K. Rowling

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If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.

- Daniel Kahneman

topic: Strong, People, First Impression, Good First Impression

If you want to make a good first impression, smile at people. What does it cost to smile? Nothing. What does it cost not to smile? Everything, if not smiling prevents you from enchanting people.

- Guy Kawasaki

source: FaceBook post by Guy Kawasaki from Jan 14, 2013

topic: People, First Impression, Firsts, Good First Impression

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

- P. J. O'Rourke

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You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

- Harvey Mackay

topic: Hands, First Impression, May, One Chance, Receptionists

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.

- Lisa Kleypas

source: Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor”, p.103, Macmillan

topic: People, First Impression, Firsts, Bad Impression, Good First Impression

Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on a casting director. And even though you didn't get that job, because you did well that means they'll keep bringing you back in." But when you really just need a job to pay your rent, that stops being very consoling.

- Gillian Jacobs

source: Source: www.indiewire.com

topic: Jobs, Mean, Important, Casting Directors, Good First Impression