Firsts Quotes

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

I will never blame a fighter if he doesn't fight me because he takes care of his own interest first, and prioritize the interests of his family first, that's completely normal.

In any nation in which people's rights have been subordinated to the rights of the few, in any totalitarian nation, the first institution to be dismantled is the jury. I was, I am, afraid.

The first hope of a painter who feels hopeful about painting is the hope that the painting will move, that it will live outside its frame.

Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

I have to come first, because then everyone benefits.

I've always identified myself as a drummer first and foremost - I'm pretty obsessed with rhythm.

We are in the midst of the 6th largest extinction event in the history of the plant and the first caused by human action.

The first person I met in the business was David Heyman, who was a producer on Daytrippers and who went on to produce the highly-unsuccessful Harry Potter series.

Shantaram is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to Shantaram, the first a prequel.

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

Be the first to say, "Hello".

The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.

Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.

When I first started acting, I was just crap.

I know a lot of people talk about Seal's bicycle shorts, but it is the truth! That is what he was wearing the first time I met him and I was overwhelmed.

Family comes first. You're the only thing they have.

At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?

To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards.

I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think that the same is true of human beings.

The first priority is to make sure we have capital to continue to have capital available to put into the financial system. That's the first priority.

Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.

contempt is as frequently produced at first sight as love.

Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --Lin If you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.

Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny.

Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.

I've always found it very important to do your homework first and then talk.

Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?

I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

My first job with a network was General Hospital, and that was ABC. I feel like I have so much history with them, that they treat their shows well and they have good, discerning taste.

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.

It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent.

There are, I dare say, many lovers who would never have been drawn to each other had they met for the first time, as, say, they met the second time.

So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.]

God's first, then family, then whatever else you love.

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song.

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in here with these future criminals.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

There is no one way to Happiness. Happiness is the way! It's inside your head FIRST and everyplace else second

I feel everything more deeply. Every action I take, I think of her first. That's a big change for me. That - and no sleep!

The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

But you can't truly hate a man without loving him first, and there's always a trace of that love left over.

'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest.

Before you can do something, you must first be something.

It was in the mid-70's, '74 or '75 I started doing leadership conferences for pastors and in '79 I wrote my first book "Think On These Things".