Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.
If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.
If Romney were a chair, he'd be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the imprint of whoever last sat on it.
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.
I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets.
I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.
My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.
A cliche is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.