Claudia Winkleman Quotes

I think that people assume when they meet me that I'm going to judge what they're wearing.

The men who really get repelled by what you're wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don't want to date them anyway.

A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.

I would be upset if I was on the 'worst dressed'. It would make me think, 'Surely I haven't done anything that horrific - have I?'

I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.

I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

I like the idea that people have formed their own opinions. And of course once people meet me or talk to me their opinion totally changes because I'm much more that girl that you hang out with than you think.

When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well.

Appearances do matter.

I think people make a lot of judgments about me based on what I wear and all the things that I do.

You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.

I judge by appearances. People tell me I shouldn't.

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.

Clothes are not so much about who you are as who you want to be.

We look at a person and see the person we want to see. I've had to deal with that my whole life, walking in a room and girls thinking I'm going to steal their boyfriends!

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.

Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In our relationships each of us builds an image about the other, and these two images have relationship, not the human beings themselves.

More often than not, things and people are as they appear.

The strange machinery by which a reputation precedes its source we all know is faulty. Yet how much faith we put in it!

Your neighbors will make judgments about you based on how your lawn and house look, and people who see you passing will judge you based on how clean you keep your car. It's not always fair, but it has always been true. Appearances matter, so make yours a good one.

How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or shrug! How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped With the imputation of proceeding from bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!

I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.