Firsts Quotes

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.

Trust me-that toilet and me were best friends for the first few days I was here.

In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.

He who shoots first laughs last.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Say first, of god above or man below; what can we reason but from what we know.

Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid.

You know, I'm part of that first MTV generation.

He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place.

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.

Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions

The first step, and the thing that everyone has to do right on the Internet is make something people want.

In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

Never make a personnel judgment the first time it comes up.

Sometimes I forget when I read a book that it didn't exist in English first.

I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.

I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

I acted before I sang. And I did The Cosby Show, and things like that. But the music kind of came first. And it was a part of my essence. So I knew that I would evolve into this world.

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year.

When I was 12 and met my real father for the first time, I was terrified I would lose the one I already had.

In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out what we ought to do.

There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.

What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

Because the truth is, I do love him. I've loved him without ceasing. I've loved him since that very first day. I loved him even when I swore I didn't. I can't help it. I just do.

His lips brushed against mine. Delicately at first, almost testing to see if this was real.

When I was first introduced to the music of Jacques Brel, I was totally floored. I had never heard anything as intelligent or sexy or angry as his music.

When I first came USA, I didn't feel this was my home. This was where I was studying, and then my home was now rejecting me.

For the first time in my life I'm really happy to be unattached because I realise there is so much responsibility to having a partner.

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.

Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and honored, found it honorable to own their benefactor.

Literature belongs first and foremost to the language in which it is being written.

The first person I click on can't be the right choice.

A garden is a human creation. It has to be thought of first, wished into being, planned for like a child.

The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've gotten their permission to tell a story or talk about them before I do it.

I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that.

I'm not a first-place person.

A Mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.

I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.

The rhetoric is the first step, it coarsens attitudes

God does love you and that, hopefully, you get to the point that you realize that having a relationship with God should be first and foremost in your life.