Personal Presentation Quotes

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

I'm not used to being in front of a camera as myself. I'm not used to watching myself as myself.

Wearing makeup is an apology for our actual faces.

The style is the man himself.

Do not make yourself the subject of remarks either by being overdressed or by dressing in a lax, untidy manner. Act as though you knew that the eye of heaven is upon you, and that you are living under the approbation or disapprobation of God.

There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another to the world.

When it comes to dressing, comfort is overrated. A little discomfort probably means your clothes fit and they're not pajamas.

If you write well, you don't have to dress funny.

It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.

I didn't want to be a Barbie doll. I didn't want to be a passive entertainer. It wasn't how I wanted to present myself.

Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can.

People make first judgments about people based on their appearance. There's an old saying, "The clothes make the man.".

I'm very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they're making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.

I dress like an old woman in my real life. If you're having conversations with people, you don't want them to remember you as the girl with the tits, you want them to pay attention to what you're saying.

For a week I did not take off my mechanic's coverall day or night I did not bathe or shave or brush my teeth because love taught me too late that you groom yourself for someone you dress and perfume yourself for someone and I'd never had anyone to do that for.

Clothes are like a gloss that sets off everything; dresser were invented more to enhance physical advantages than to veil physical defects.

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

The sweet smell of success is no perfume for a woman. Say it's old-fashioned, say it's corny, but, as far as I can see, a girl who wears a 'business scent' is not attractive. A woman who flaunts her career as if it was a new hat is not beautiful.

I work a lot, and I prepare a lot. I think that's really important when you live in LA, to go the extra mile for whatever it is that you're trying to achieve. You realize out here that when you stop moving so fast, it's a lot harder than you thought. A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times. I think you just have to always present yourself at your best, and you just need to be prepared all the time. Looking good, and feeling good, and being positive, and being in the right set of mind to accept whatever comes your way.

Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

A job letter, an interview - even a writing sample - have far less to do with intellect and far more to do with aesthetics than you think.

I often ask students: 'Is this what you would show Tom Ford?' and they say: 'No, we'd have done more work' or 'We'd have dressed better.' So I say: 'Why don't you do that here?'

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul