Impressed Quotations

My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.

If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are.

I'm always impressed by how compassionate the gaming community can be when they have a cause and appreciate that they leverage our platform to raise money for those in need. We continue to encourage giving in support of important causes, including Extra Life 2012.

I'm not one of those girls who can think, 'Right, I'll put a scarf with that and a little brooch there and maybe a vintage jacket.' I'm so impressed with girls who look terrific in a little thing they picked up at the local charity shop. I just look scruffy when I try to do vintage.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

I'm always impressed by confidence, kindness and a sense of humour.

I was always impressed by how much my dad went out in the yard and played with me and my siblings when we were kids. I'm sure he was tired coming back from work, since he traveled a lot. But he always took time out of his day to go out in the yard.

I have to have three or four books going simultaneously. If I'm not impressed in the first 20 pages, I don't bother reading the rest, especially with novels. I'm not a book-club style reader. I'm not looking for life lessons or wanting people to think I'm smart because I'm reading a certain book.

I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist; I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.'

Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.

I was impressed by a program called New Roots, which helps women refugees from countries in conflict to start new lives in the U.S. by farming. They are trained in a four-year program, at the end of which New Roots helps them find their own land to farm and live on.

And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.

Unsuccessful people are the ones who are impressed by celebrity, by people's names and titles.

Lauryn Hill might have cursed a couple of times in her music, and Missy Elliot definitely just doesn't care. I'm really more inspired by their creativity more so than just the cursing. I'm really impressed by clean music.

I'm impressed by the economic development of Korea. And women scientists played, without doubt, an important role in it.

At the end of the '90s, I was very bored with the usual models, so I discovered a new generation that impressed me with their fresh look. I still keep working with models like Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss, and I am still looking for new, interesting faces. Life is about discovery, and you should never stop searching.

He was a fantastic player, but the thing that impressed me most about Paul was his manner off the pitch. He was always very humble about his achievements and had a lot of time for the paying public and people in general.

I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with it.

Why movie and dance critics are taking 'The Company' seriously, I can't imagine. Are they impressed by Altman's reputation and naive sincerity? By the fluid semi-documentary approach?

Stanley Kubrick knew we had good graphics around MIT and came to my lab to find out how to do it. We had some really good stuff. I was very impressed with Kubrick; he knew all the graphics work I had ever heard of, and probably more.

I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved ideologically in photography - that I arranged an exhibition at the College Art Association. The first exhibition I picked the photographs and so on and we had an exhibition in New York.

Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside, I was so impressed with the way he was able to tell stories and the way he was able to deal with le merveilleux - the wonders. Very quickly, he became for me a massive hero, and he introduced me to the world of a director.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

When she was running for election in 2006, I went to Missouri to campaign for Senator Claire McCaskill. She impressed the hell out of me and I fell in love with her mother Betty Anne who is a pistol!

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.

But I like it when my patients are impressed not knowing that I was an Olympian.

The older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.

I didn't want people to think of me as someone who wasn't impressed with a silver medal, because obviously that's a huge accomplishment, and I was so happy. It was more about me just being not impressed with falling at the Olympics in my last event.

When I read Deborah Brenner's book 'Women of the Vine' about women wine makers, I was impressed that many of the women she had interviewed had come to wine making later in life as a second career.

What Americans can't face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War was the fact that Nixon and Kissinger went on bombing despite public reaction.

But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place.

I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more impressed with a certain fashion editorial, or how I feel like I can't really relate to being that excited about fashion anymore. Maybe it's being jaded, but I honestly like that now, when something's really good, I feel more affected by it.

You were part of a parish life. It was a great community to grow up in. I just was impressed by our parish priests. After a while, I began to think maybe I could do that.

They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube.

I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.

I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with.

I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility.

I remember my mother taking me to see the Picasso show in the 1940s, and I was impressed by the life and vibrancy of it all. It was a bit too avant-garde for most Londoners at the time, but since then, the city has become a centre for modern culture.

And I love to cook! I've impressed hundreds of women with my cooking. And they always come back for more.

The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent.

My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me.

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction?

Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.

The Afghans I met were some of the nicest and most honorable people I've ever encountered. There is a code called 'Pashtunwali,' so if someone invites you into their village, every last man will fight to protect your life. I was impressed by that.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.

In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.

LaRon Landry, a safety, is in incredible physical condition - really impressive. Also Anthony Castonzo, the left tackle - I'm very impressed with him. He really sets a great example for how to stay in shape - not only during the off-season but throughout the season, which can be a struggle because of the rhythm of the way things work.

I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.

I'm impressed with how 'Newsweek's' outstanding staff has continued to put out a lively, well-informed magazine after the departure of their tireless editor, Jon Meacham.

Even the pre-schoolers are like, 'I watch you on The Jonas Brothers.' And my own kids. I have been in the greatest movies, even some for kids, and they were never impressed until I did 'Jonas L.A.'

The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important to me as an example of everything I didn't want to do. I'm very grateful to him, actually.

The potential is very good. I am impressed with the leadership on and off the floor. It is easy to let little mistakes domino but we didn't let it happen.

We've all be impressed with the way Gordon has conducted himself. I'm delighted he has accepted the manager's job.

We struggled early, but what impressed me was that the crew never stopped working to get the car better. I'm impressed with the effort.

Where I am impressed even more with him this year is his pass protection,

Watch Jason Johnson . That's the guy who really impressed us last season. He's going to be a real good one, real good.

We're so impressed with the state we're using it as a model (for future disasters), ... It was something we've not seen in a long time. There was a unified system and the sharing of information.

When we drafted him, people said he was probably the most ready for the NHL. But that to me was a bonus. It wasn't something we factored into when we decided to pick him. But he obviously played against men last year and played in the World Championships for the Czech team, and the thing that impressed me when he came in this summer is that he tested like a man in his physical testing. It transfers over to his game on the ice. He's a very mature player.

When we drafted him, people said he was probably the most ready for the NHL, ... But that to me was a bonus. It wasn't something we factored into when we decided to pick him. But he obviously played against men last year and played in the World Championships for the Czech team, and the thing that impressed me when he came in this summer is that he tested like a man in his physical testing. It transfers over to his game on the ice. He's a very mature player.

When we first met, I was so impressed with him. But Hal took a dislike to me, just like his character in the play. Probably my Southern politeness, which he thought was kind of phony. It was only near the end of the shoot, when I was sick as a dog with the flu and I stopped trying to charm him, that he got over that dislike, and we started to laugh together.

What has impressed me the most is Wildfire has been winning when things aren't going his way. He's dead rail but he's been drawing all outside boxes.

What's so great about the kid is that he absolutely doesn't know the word quit. He gave us a real lift today, and you had to be impressed with how our team set him up at the end.

Usually 4A teams do not have 11 (good) players, but Athens does and came up with the plays it need. I was very impressed with them. I think we can do better, but we got beat by a good team.

We're expecting both of these guys to be a big part of the team this year. I don't like to say they're both power guys, but they really are. I've worked with both of them, and I'm impressed with their potential and abilities.

We're aware of the system. Obviously, we like to learn as much as we can about things, and when we hear people remark that they're impressed by it, we're going to pay attention. But we don't speak about individual products.

Three years ago, Tim was a candidate and did a real god job. Everyone on the search committee was real impressed with him. It just wasn't going to work from a time and commitment standpoint due to his high school duties.

Throughout the process, I continued to be impressed with the fact that he was winning at programs with far less resources and tradition than what exists at Murray State.

We're looking for players to break the line, ... Rory has been in the squad since the start of the Six Nations. We've watched him and have been impressed with what we've seen.

We have a solid team coming back. I was really impressed with our freshmen. They turned in some big scores at the OCC and at the district meet. Being a freshman at the district meet didn't seem to phase.

God is never impressed with what a man can do. He is more concerned with what a man is.

I haven't seen too many images that have impressed me!

We were impressed with the extent of margin improvement given flat adjusted revenues.

We were impressed with his organizational and communication skills. He had everything laid out. He wanted to build the entire program from the ground up.

We were impressed with all the singers that came out to the auditions. It was tough to narrow down the field to just 14, but we are pleased with the outcome. We congratulate all the performers who made the cut, but also everyone who had the courage to try out in the middle of a packed mall.

We were impressed that a young kid could make the jump from high-A to competing at the big-league level in Colorado. This was an opportunity for us to continue to build our inventory of young, major league-level pitching prospects.

We are all so impressed with the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, that a petition has been circulated asking that it be made into a movie. We have chosen you to send it to. In hopes that you might also see the possibilities of a movie, we have enclosed a copy of the book.

We did not ask for it. They knew about us. They were impressed at how an orchestra our size was growing and achieving professional status.

We've been just impressed with the way he has reached out to us as an organization. I think he very seriously sought our input as to what the university could do to better serve the needs of agriculture.

We've been impressed by his performances at regional level and over the last couple of months he has come on in leaps and bounds.

We've been impressed and proud of the schools and students who have responded graciously and generously. Many students have spent their own lunch money and hard-earned savings to give to the victims of the storm.

We didn't win any awards but the kids did well and had a great time. We were definitely in the competition. Everyone was impressed by the show these kids put on.

When I was 10, we drove to Disney World. When we arrived, what impressed me most was the meticulous attention to detail; there wasn't a gum wrapper anyplace.

The people in Washington were very impressed with the eight different municipalities all working together on this.

We're here talking about child safety seats. I'm impressed with the attendance and we've talked to lots of parents and grandparents.

When you put him in that position, how does he go from being one of the guys to all of a sudden being the boss? How is he going to deal with the guys? That's the part I've been impressed with. He came right in there and took control and got the guys that support him to support him more and the guys that didn't to either support him or they were out the door.

When I came in this season, I had no idea what to expect because we lost eight seniors. But I was impressed with what I saw.

I hadn't been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.

We made a couple of mistakes defensively not marking up in the box, ... But I was really impressed that our girls didn't get down.

We're continuing to look for groups that would be impressed that we have the largest green building in the world.

Let there be no doubt, our choice -- the choice of President Bush, the choice of the United States Congress, and the choice of the great people of a great nation -- is to fight back. The world will be impressed by our response and we mobilize for this fight.

Lee was fantastic tonight. He has been blessed with a lot of talent, but what I am extremely impressed with is his mental game.

Leaving there (the day of that loss), I was impressed because they played so well today against us. But they were at home, they were ready and focused, and it was their time.

Sean impressed me with his attention to detail, and his work ethic.

Sen. Hutchison is very impressed with the progress the cities are making, but it is too early in the process to discuss an endgame.

She's the best 3-year-old filly I've had. I'm just telling you, I'm very impressed with her.