Well, first of all, going off with dianetics was based…

“We can choose to focus on an excuse and then it becomes our reality—as in we believe the excuses, such as “I can’t do…

— Shannon Kaiser

We are dominated on this planet by a fear-based rather than a love-based thought system. Enlightenment involves relinquishing the thought system based on fear…

— Marianne Williamson

I don't think I've ever felt terribly comfortable writing about my body. First of all, I think I took my body for granted for…

— Maxine Kumin

And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means…

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

Well first of all, I think the phrase 'jump the shark' has jumped the shark. I read it in every article and I think…

— Lisa Edelstein

I don't really believe in elegance. Ever since I first came to France many years ago to do the Chambre Syndicale course, I always…

— Suzy Menkes

The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could…

— James Lipton

First of all, CIA follows the law.

— Gina Haspel

'L.A. Law' has been a bit of a blessing and a curse. First of all, it was a very prestigious show that had a…

— Corbin Bernsen

Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always begin with…

— S. E. Hinton

Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to…

— Rafael Vinoly

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

— Claire McCaskill

I was a musician first of all.

— Jonas Blue

First of all, I think that is true, if you are a musician, particularly on the come, that you do have to end up…

— John Sebastian

Our fashion for us, it's an expression; first of all of life, I put all of myself in my fashion. Sometimes it's good, sometimes…

— Stefano Gabbana