Firsts Quotes

When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity to advanced high school students.

I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth.

I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.

First you put in, then you get out.

The first time around as a mom, I held on really tight and I was so stressed.

Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.

Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is this?" because it's so foreign and unknown.

One thing is certain, wherever we go there is a proof that the people are keeping the commandments of the Lord, especially the first one -- to multiply and replenish the earth.

If you first gain power to check your words, you will then begin to have power to check your judgment, and at length actually gain power to check your thoughts and reflections.

Actually, I was a little rejected at first. I kind of got slapped down.

I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other.

The first draft of a story is the writer's clay.

May your first word be adventure and last word love.

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.

I like that we don't have to come out the first 10 minutes and score, you know, with joke, joke, joke. We can open it in a more novel way and keep playing different pranks as we go through the thing.

I invest in people. I think: people first, projects second.

It's such a surreal experience, being shot out of the cannon for any kind of first season show. It all seems very dreamlike.

If we do destroy most life on this planet, science says it won't be the first time.

When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into.

The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.

My manager always preaches golf comes first.

Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.

My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.

Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.

Sometimes the concept you're questioning makes more sense to ask just the second one and not the first one.

First of all, Bolshevism represents revolution and the revolutionary struggle.

Will the others see you too?" asked Lucy. "Certainly not at first," said Aslan. "Later on, it depends." "But they won’t believe me!" said Lucy. "It doesn’t matter.

Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.

She's not the one I want." His words came out terse. "It's you. It's been you since...since the minute I first saw you.

The first American word that I learned was cheeseburger. And the first sentence I learned was, "I'm sorry but we don't serve breakfast after 12 o'clock."

I always loved song writers who wrote songs in the first person, so it's kind of like that.

Even the most straightforward of paths could turn out to be more complicated than it seemd at first.

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.

I had no chance of controlling a ball game until I first controlled myself.

The immigration must be limited, that is, first and foremost the foreign cultural one.

I always tell students that the first question to ask about any historical action is this: who makes money out of the deal?

We are the first species to have taken our evolution into our own hands.

How lucky we are to live in this time / the first moment in human history / when we are in fact visiting other worlds

I don't know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you'll be the first to find out.

Worship is our first or foundational ministry. It is not our only ministry, but the one that all other spheres of ministry should be built upon.

My worrying, for instance, was a scene in which I looked at myself while I had the sensation of being boxed in. I call that worrying, It has happened to me a number of times after that first time.

We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.

Christ was the first to be resurrected and never die again.

I would love to do more music, definitely. That is my true passion. Dance is first and then music.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.