Firsts Quotes

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful.

During my first month in Italy I lived a nomadic life.

Given that we are all descended from Adam and Eve, genetic defects as a result of intra-family marriage would not begin to crop up until after the first few dozen generations.

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

Sometimes you're fooled quickly. You want to be fooled. If you can't trust your first impression you're going to have a harder time than you should.

Purim is the birthday of the first Schutz-Jude , the first Jewish toady to foreign royalty.

I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo

Forgiveness. It is beneficial to forgive but better not to condemn in the first place.

The dietician is going to get rid of that when he comes in. Although, first, we've got to get a dietician.

In some roles you do get into a mode of terror. It's always very frightening - the first audiences are frightening.

I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio.

If for harming himself a man forfeits his freedom, then he is not free at all.

Settle down, Princess. It’s not my first time.

If I lose control, you'll be the first to know." "I'm quite perturbed by the idea.

We were screwed and he didn't even kiss us first.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and if you screw that up, you can start again tomorrow.

If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time.

The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last.

That first apartment was a big step. It has a lot to do with being independent.

You've got first-generation Americans here who are going to be poorer than their parents. That's never happened in the States before, and it's going to have massive social repercussions here.

To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

Arthur Clarke says that I am first in science and second in science fiction in accordance with an agreement we have made. I say he is first in science fiction and second in science.

My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true (pace Bertrand Russell).

First, learn how to report traffic jams, then you can talk about football. (on Bulgarian journalists)

Acknowledgemen t of what you feel, what you know, what you need is the first step toward healing.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

Damn! This flight attendant treating us like we won these first class tickets in a contest.

Sin rarely seems sin at first beginnings.

When something comes up that attacks peoples beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.

The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments.

If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed.

I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.

Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.

Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go!" "Oh yeah," said Ron, who had obviously forgotten. "Hey -- hey you lot! Midgets!

Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?

This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.

I've wanted to be with you since the first time you turned me down. I've just been waiting for you to come around.

My first crush was my brothers best friend.

Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.