First Quotes · Page 103

There are books that inspired me the first time round and re-reading them just reignites that.

— Edith Bowman

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?

— Jake Lloyd

One of my uncles took me to my first movie in a cinema - 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

— Rupert Friend

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.

— Bob Newhart

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

— Jenna Fischer

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

— Joe Biden

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.

— Valentino Garavani

I made my first record at 27, and there are people who are 17 and 18 out there making records.

— Goldie

I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh,…

— Bobby Jindal

My formative years were all about 'Star Wars' - the first three, not the last crap, obviously. I understood 'Star Trek' but…

— Nick Frost

I like the idea that paintings are not representations of an artist's psyche. Making the paintings is what gives the artist her…

— Shea Hembrey

When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had…

— Walter Becker

The first thing that happens to someone with a mental illness, in the throes of it, is that they lose all their…

— Margaret Trudeau

In 2009, during Pelosi's first speakership, we uncovered documents from the Department of Defense detailing her multiple requests for military air travel.

— Tom Fitton

One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and…

— Nicki Minaj

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints…

— Anonymous

My first horror film was - well, I don't know. 'Bless the Child' is sort of genre, but 'May' was such a…

— Angela Bettis

Common would come to my house and give me a freestyle verse. I'd make a new beat for it and put it…

— Clinton Sparks

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and…

— Jonathan Toews

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have…

— Paul Auster

I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd…

— George Foreman

In college, I was a cartoonist at 'The Daily Northwestern.' So I draw myself. I was an animator. But basically, I went…

— John Musker

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an…

— Mike Birbiglia

In Korea, when I started, there wasn't a trend where people chose to be both actors and singers. I was the first…

— Rain

I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.

— Bill Pullman

I acted as Boris Johnson's chief of staff for his first few months as Mayor of London in 2008.

— Nick Boles

One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.

— Orianthi

I still loved my Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, but that first Run-D.M.C. album blew me away.

— Everlast

The very first car I ever got was a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI. It was a bright red hatchback.

— Yannick Bisson

I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first.

— Hill Harper

The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir.

— St. Lucia

One of my first public performances was singing hymns at a funeral for a friend of our family.

— Christopher Jackson

I remember one of the first albums I got was an album called 'Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous.'

— Hozier

Knowing that my first NFL game is going to be one I'm actually playing in, that's pretty neat.

— Leighton Vander Esch

I realized I could do singing impressions when I was 12 years old, first being Britney Spears.

— Melissa Villasenor

“We should learn early to enjoy being in solitude, because even in death, we are in solitude.”

— John Joclebs Bassey

I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.

— Yuta Watanabe

The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies.

— Lily James

I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

— Stephanie Courtney

I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.

— Ernest Cline