Firsts Quotes

We are Americans first, Americans last, and Americans always.

So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'

Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.

Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.

Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth.

Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.

The first casualty in every war is truth.

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.

Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Experiences of the first order, of the first rank, are not realized through the eye.

I could not flourish in the Hollywood system because the first thing spoken about is "What genre is it?" and "Who's it for?" It's a very strange question to me; it's for human beings.

We always come back to our first love.

I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.

Remember when movies were just good or bad, before auteurs, film festivals, and guys from USC who were the first to shoot underwater?

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.

My career, at the moment, is very exciting, but love comes first because it balances me.

In the first place, any group of folks willing to make asses of themselves in pursuit of a good time should be commended and encouraged: The spirit of human frolic needs all the help it can get.

Matter is the evolution of energy. First there is thought, then there is thought form, and then there is matter. Matter is only thought that has been thought upon by more.

The only way to understand these difficult parts of the Bible, or even to approach them with safety, is first to read and obey the easy ones.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

He didn't say a lot so I tend to remember what he did say. And I don't remember that he had a lot of patience with havin to say things twice so I learned to listen the first time.

When you open a book it's like going to the theater first you see the curtain then it is pulled aside and the show begins.

Going on stage and doing ballet, for the first time, was even more verification of, "This is what I'm meant to do. This is what I'm going to do. I'm going to make it somehow."

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

The new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is now Pope Francis the 1st. Francis was not his first choice for a name. But the Vatican wisely talked him out of Pope Boo Boo.

The exchange rate between first-world lives and third-world lives in disaster stories in the media is about 50:1.

Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

There are a few good 'psych' groups but too many never change from their first appearance. They don't develop.

Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery.

If you are going into show business for money and power, forget it! It won't happen. You don't go for that first.

She was the first woman in my life to convince me to fall in love with her.

I just don't give off a great first impression.

First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

The one certainty in tiger tracks is: follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at you first.

First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

The first 18 holes are extremely difficult.

Now I know which came first - the chicken not the egg.

God first, family second, career third.

It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too!

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

To the believer Marxism presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the meaning of life and are absolute standards by which to judge events and actions.

When you get up in the morning, let your first thought be directed towards God.

For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places.