Firsts Quotes

To write, you must first belong to yourself.

And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it.

But, when tales of the cosmos are told, this period of ours may always be recalled as that in which men first came to realise what a violent universe we inhabit.

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

It's my first love what I dreaming of when I go to bed, when I lay my head upon my pillow.

I'd like to see the first act of Sunday in the Park with George, and the second act of Hamilton. Every day.

Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.

First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.

Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.

That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called "intellectuals" in standard usage, as he would be the first to agree.

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

[sam] Kinison, when he started out, he'd come to Canada when I was first starting, and he'd always [bomb].

If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.

Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice.

The first thing that confronts us in studying verbal structures is that they are arranged sequentially, and have to be read or listened to in time.

First and foremost: Feed people.

There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.

I came up and was a first-round draft pick and there was a lot of hype and a lot of expectation, and I enjoyed that. Have I also seen the other side of that? Absolutely.

Once he had drawn first blood, his war against the property of the state lost all its moral resonance.

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.

My fame is largely due to young people, theyre the first ones to discover me.

The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded.

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.

Silence was the first prayer I learned to trust.

I don't want the ideas to be limited by what I can physically do. The ideas come first.

[Jack Reacher] is the longest I'd ever shot anything - and let's be clear, this is my first studio feature film - so there was a huge learning curve.

[ Tom Cruise] that kind of employee that's first to arrive, last to leave.

As an actor, it doesn't happen often that somebody sends you a script that is first of all that good.

And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most

Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site.

I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well... it really sucked. It was a plotless, clichéd mess.

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

I wasn't in a position to defend myself. Sometimes it's a brutal profession. The first thing I thought of at the time was revenge. I have a more levelheaded take on the issue today.

I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.

I'm not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I'm skewering myself first. I'm skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles.

There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie.

In the modern world, we Americans are the old inhabitants. We first had political freedom, high industrial production, an economy of abundance.

I didn't handle fame very well at first. I got a little resentful.

I first heard of [Orfeo Angelucci] from Giuseppe Conti who gave me some books by him.