Hillary Clinton Quotes

I think it's very hard to shake what people first think of you straightaway.

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.

I've always cared about my personal style and the way people perceive me. I know a lot of times people don't get the opportunity to talk to me, so they're just going to see what I wear, see how I'm dressed, see how I present myself.

I don't want people to think that I'm standing on the steps of the capitals.

People who don't know me are so negative about me. When they finally meet me, they change that negative into a positive.

Many times you walk into a room and people have already made up their minds. But it's always good to have something great associated with you.

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.

As you get a lot of exposure, a lot of people looking at you, you have to take it more so how you carry yourself, how people view you. You have to worry about your image.

I think people can be quick to judge. The people that know me, they know what I am like.

For better or worse, a lot of people's images are based on the first things that are written about them. You can't control what people write about you, so - good or bad - I have never lost sleep about it.

People tend to hold on to their first impressions - that's why those first descriptions can be so important. You don't even necessarily look at people that carefully after a while; you just hold on to that early impression.

Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.

Dress for the story that you’d like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth.

You know, as far as public perception goes, if you get seen with some people one time, everyone thinks you're in that group.

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

I strongly believe that appearance is important, as it's the first impression you get, but that is definitely not the deciding factor.

You judge someone from the day you meet them.

Sometimes, when you roll out of bed, you don't want to be photographed by the paparazzi. Usually you like to know when you're being photographed. I've learnt that, as a public figure, you have to up your game and be prepared. Ideally, you try not to roll out of bed without brushing your hair - just chuck a brush through it, make a little effort.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist." I have other stuff to do.

Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.

The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you "know" about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.