First Quotes · Page 59

The first time I had to hold a baby, I was really nervous, but I soon grew in confidence.

— Jessica Raine

My husband is actually Italian-American, and he thought I was Italian when he first met me.

— Andrea Navedo

The Republicans won the women's vote in 2010. It was the first time since Ronald Reagan that the Republicans had won the…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

For the first case I did with Octone, 360 deals were not at all being talked about. And then for the follow-up…

— Anita Elberse

I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I…

— Ian Axel

The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being…

— Ian Anderson

98% of the people who get the magazine say they read the cartoons first - and the other 2% are lying.

— David Remnick

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.'

— Leland Orser

When the ancestors of the cheetah first began pursuing the ancestors of the gazelle, neither of them could run as fast as…

— Richard Dawkins

Many of us, particularly those of us with disabilities who have faced persistent discrimination throughout our lives, not least when trying to…

— Stella Young

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923,…

— Terence Winter

'What is this', and 'How is this done?' are the first two questions to ask of any work of art. The second…

— James Fenton

I was fitting kitchens before I could afford not to - so I was still fitting kitchens whilst the first series of…

— James Buckley

I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English,…

— Joe Strummer

The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.

— Oleg Cassini

I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling…

— Mike Birbiglia

Out of all of the things I've written, 'Dot' was the quickest from first thoughts to full production.

— Colman Domingo

At first, the tornado is nearly invisible. Against the sky, it's white on white.

— Greg MacGillivray

When my sister died, I had my first child.

— Charley Boorman

I remember seeing 'Snow White' and saying to my mother, 'Will there ever be a Chocolate Brown?' She said 'Probably. Why not?'…

— Anika Noni Rose

The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.

— Ann Dowd

The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the…

— John Oates

My first favourite moment in 'AGT' was getting the golden buzzer from Howie Mandel.

— Courtney Hadwin

When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe…

— Dick Dale

'Clybourne Park' was my first job after the birth of my son, who was 11 weeks old when we started rehearsals. And…

— Annie Parisse

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.

— Jonathan Shapiro

When I founded the first Hard Rock, no one was serving American food in London; McDonald's wasn't there, Burger King, etc.

— Peter Morton

'Tattoos' reminds me of where I'm from, and some of the stuff I did when I was growing up. That was one…

— Jason Aldean

I had no fake ID and looked 14 until my first grey hairs came in a couple of years ago.

— Jack Monroe

Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a…

— Laurie David

I have always said to myself, 'I never want to say I'm leaving a job because I want to spend more time…

— Louis Freeh

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not…

— Douglas Wood

Mustard did my first mixtape, and after that, he started DJing.

— YG

I knew who Bruce Springsteen was before he had his first record.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook…

— Grant Achatz

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

— Hallie Ephron

Dallas is an extraordinary place in it's own right. The first thing about Dallas that you can't get away from, particularly when…

— Chris Vance

There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ago people came here and…

— Chelsea Cain