Firsts Quotes

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

My first language is Gaelic.

Disruption on the first day always looks like a toy.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

Revolutionary tactics cannot be invented by leaders; they must develop spontaneously-history comes first, leaders' consciousness second.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

The first element that I connected with was the emotion. Sorry, that's how it goes.

Whatever you do, it's over when you do it - but first you have to do it.

I remember feeling the temperature change the first time the curtain came up, the difference between the audience temperature and the stage temperature. I'll never forget it.

I just tried to remember how far you can love and how many states you can experience when you're in love, especially the first love when you think you're going to die.

For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.

I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.

There are just two questions to ask to attain success in business: First, "What business am I in?" Second, "How's business?"

An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.

Life is first boredom, then fear.

Why do I regret Chelsea? I'm the boss of the richest club in the world. I have not had much time to adjust myself, but I've found a great restaurant! That is the first thing I did when I arrived!

I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.

My work is like digging, it's archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That's how I understand my first films, and that's what I'm still doing...

I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

Miserable Orpheus who, turning to lose his Eurydice, beholds her for the first time as well as the last.

Whether Pacquiao loses in the first round, whether he knocks out Mayweather in the first round, it's still going to be the biggest fight in history.

The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved.

Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

Touch is the first language we speak.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

The best parts about writing a show are [its] first, second and 10th anniversaries. Everything else is relative levels of hell.

We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.

The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.

The first thing I really enjoy is to make love, after comes the music.

Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place

Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.

We'll be getting rid of these people here... First, Mr. Samir Naga... Naga... Naga... Not gonna work here anymore, anyway.

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

In order to help people, you have to first learn how to help yourself.

Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.