#impress

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#changed #course #encounter #entered #enthusiasm

I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#around #desert #did #door #famous

Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#every #films #impression #influenced #made

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#hermit #i #i do #impression #know

But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#ago #asked #come #course #done

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

#bad game #continues #game #humble #i

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. ↗

— P. D. James

#dries #first #gush #human #human kindness

Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs. ↗

— Joan Jett

#describe #expect #fangs #i #impression

I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#been #ever #few #hard #hit

They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#again #been #few #i #impressive