Firsts Quotes

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.

That was the first night I dreamed of Eward Cullen.

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.

Photography is, first of all, a way of seeing.

When I first tried to get a record deal for my original music, labels didn’t understand what these instruments were meant to be doing

All inconsiderate enterprises are impetuous at first, but soon lanquish. [Lat., Omnia inconsulti impetus coepta, initiis valida, spatio languescunt.]

Family's always first. God and family, and I go from there.

Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling.

It is reasonable not to make any budget adjustments in the first quarter of 2015

They say everybody gets 15 minutes. I hope I'm just inside the first minute and the next 14 go really slow.

There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.

The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.

Well, you know, I mean, I first did my live shows in the late 70's and in those days I had a boatload of equipment that always seemed to be going wrong.

The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.

Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus.

If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.

Consciousness is phenomenologically subjective whenever there is a stable, consciously experienced first-person perspective.

The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.

My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally.

The names for things don't come first. Words stagger after, hopelessly trying to become the sensation.

The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees.

I've never been married because, first of all, I don't think I've ever seriously been asked by anyone who I wanted to marry. [...] And also I'm monogamous.

First sentences are doors to worlds.

I was not stressing about what other people wanted. I put myself first.

I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.

It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

Everything solid was first an idea.

My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press.

When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'

It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.

I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel.

The first 50 years are for learning, and the second 50 years are for living. Life just begins when you're in your 50s.

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note.

Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitalist, the commons.

Business first; pleasure afterwards.

I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.

I get it. Allah put me through it first so I could rise back up and help those around me. He trains you first. Then He sends the people to you and you to the people.

First inclination is to become a monk and leave the situation.

World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?'

My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty water less cookware.

I never stood a chance. He stole your heart first.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.