Firsts Quotes

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

National security - the military is the first thing we should spend money on. You have to fully fund that first. And then you should be paying for everything else.

If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich.

Protecting the weak is the first step to enlightenment and being truly civilized.

To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.

The first thing to say about politics is that politics is not the first thing.

He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke.

Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest.

In whatever position you find yourself, determine first your objective.

Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large scale in swindling themselves.

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?

Have you noticed when you go on a diet, the first thing you lose is your temper.

The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.

When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.

We are the archenemy of our own salvation, and the Shepherd must fight first of all with us - for us.

I can honestly say that if I was told at this moment that I was dying, not my first, not my second, but certainly my third thought would be that I should never see Italy again.

When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.

Disruption on the first day always looks like a toy.

My first language is Gaelic.

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married.

A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.

Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.

Well, I guess that early 12 string. The first Martin I bought. I bought it around 1957 with money I earned as a janitor assistant. I bought brand new. I still have that.

Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless.

It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.

The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.

Invest the first hour of the day, the 'Golden Hour,' in yourself.

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without first consulting Him, and in everything to seek Him alone and His glory.

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

A leader is the one who speaks last and acts first.

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

If you want people to respect you or your company, you must first show respect for them.

I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.

Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first -- before it boomerangs.

Good mescaline comes on slow. The first hour is all waiting, then about halfway through the second hour you start cursing the creep who burned you, because nothing is happening...and then ZANG!

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one

The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time is immensely exciting.