Firsts Quotes
Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who fought on alone.
In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.
The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form.
I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.
When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune.
Its better to be second while everyone is saying You should have been first than be first when everyone says You should be second.
When it comes to women, get your life together first. Put on your own oxygen mask first. Figure out who you are. Mature. And then go find somebody to share that life with.
At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.
I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old as human history.
I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.
First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.
The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.
Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.
Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life.
When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.
Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.
Was it the same light that enchanted the first photographers? It is the same, and it is still brand new - it is something that never wears out.
Distress not yourself if you cannot at first understand the deeper mysteries of Spaceland. By degrees they will dawn upon you.
In 1994 I bought my first tour bus. I still own it and believe it or not it's still out on the road on my tour.
I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.
The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.
No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.
