Firsts Quotes

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build our cities.

I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.

It is an agreeable and yet a painful sense of novelty to stand for the first time in the midst of a people whose language and manners are different from one's own.

Your first problem is relying on someone else's word. Always depend on yourself. No one will work as hard for you as you will.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.

First is first,Second is nothing

The first thing I know, I'm in a card game. Then I'm in a crap game.

When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children.

The first ninety minutes are the most important.

You know how it is. Every time you kiss someone else, in a way you always remember that very first time.

Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty.

Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first.

Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?

When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.

The first one of the girls I ever told was Kimberly.

The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity.

First with the head, then with the heart.

Start first and increase your lead.

The consultant's first obligation is to the patient, not to his brother physician.

The whole planet is waiting for someone to do it first

Defense is the first act of war.

It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers.

Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.

Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!

Any woman who stays with her abuser beyond the first incident is complicitous with him.

A sucker has no business with money in the first place.

Being a first-round draft pick means nothing to me without my education.

My dad gave $3 and a chicken for the first guitar I had.

My first stringed instrument was a cigar box banjo where I cut and turned the pegs and strung the wires myself.

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

With Scary Movie 4 I couldn't say no because I loved being in the first one and even though it is a cameo, it's so worth it because it is so much fun to do.

Troubles, even the dullest, are always mildly interesting at the first hearing.

A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.

The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.

The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market.

First impressions never have a second chance.

When I was a chain smoker, I used to wake up and the first thing I'd do was reach for a cigarette, basically. And now I do the same thing for a smartphone, basically.

"The Dream of a Common Language" by Adrienne Rich. I carried it the entire hike. On my first night, when I felt like I was in too deep, I read the first poem out loud to myself over and over.

But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.

I spent five years in prison, a free man for the first time in my whole life.

I like the inspiration of the first take.

I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.

If you're playing someone who's got marital problems, you have to play someone who's trying not to have marital problems. So, you've got to get into the problem first.

Comedy is frightening at first because you're opening yourself up. When it's just you and people hate it, you're like, "Oh God. Do they hate me?"

First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: "How did you become who you are?" Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.

Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one.

Pulling a crystalline, cogent rule out of the murk of the court's First Amendment, public forum, and Establishment Clause doctrine is an act of creation too complicated for mere mortals.