First Quotes · Page 76

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

— Yoshihiko Noda

'The Flintstones' was the first animated series to appear on nighttime TV.

— William Hanna

I came into films with 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna.' My first film was actually 'Hulchul,' but it was released after 'HRHK.'

— Zeenat Aman

I'm the first AEW original wrestler to win a singles title with the TNT championship. That was a big thing for me.

— Darby Allin

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

— Damien Chazelle

I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock.

— Lily Collins

Acting was the first thing that obsessed me when I was 8-9 years old.

— Deepti Naval

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will…

— Scott Weiss

My very first publication was an estimator - this was a statistical procedure - a kind of invention. My father got a…

— Robert J. Shiller

I like to be comfortable. And I think men tend to dress more comfortably than ladies. They can just put on a…

— Alice Dellal

The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven…

— Larry Bishop

When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in…

— Nile Rodgers

I got my first iPod when I was 12. Spent the whole of Christmas Day downloading Beatles songs off of LimeWire and…

— CMAT

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your…

— Toyin Odutola

I didn't know exactly what a hipster was until we were in Brooklyn. It's like a species. On first seeing it, I…

— Travis Fimmel

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 first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at…

— Odette Annable

I didn't get married until I was forty because I wanted to be stable when I got married. I think I just…

— Kurt Fuller

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James…

— Jerry Leiber

To me, the remarkable thing is it's pretty much unanimous the way blind people have been perceived in all cultures and for…

— Rosemary Mahoney

First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good…

— Frank Delaney

Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on…

— Cheryl Ladd

The first principle of cognitive therapy is that all your moods are created by your 'cognitions,' or thoughts. A cognition refers to…

— David D. Burns

I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.

— Harmony Korine

Scoring first changes everything. It makes everything easier for us.

— Philipp Lahm

Even from my first pro fight in 2004, I've been encountering resistance from all around me.

— Dan Hardy

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

— Divya Dutta

Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

— Amanda Shires

'Dhadak' was the first film I was meant to do. And it is very close to my heart.

— Ishaan Khatter

I was connected to the theater, it was my first love, where my career was focused, on interesting ways to tell stories.

— Marielle Heller

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

— John Ridley

It was watching Franco's 'Romeo and Juliet' at the age of 15 that first made me want to act.

— Liza Tarbuck

When I first saw stand-up it was Lee Evans. Then I got into Ricky Gervais - we're both from Reading.

— Tom Rosenthal

If my children call me during the day and leave a message, I return those calls first, not last.

— Dave Checketts

I became the first Brazilian women to win a UFC title. That is huge.

— Amanda Nunes

The first time I ever went on set was during 'Fiza' when I was in Class X.

— Vicky Kaushal

People forget what it was like to be young, the stuff I'm expressing now is for the first time.

— Joss Stone

I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.

— Jahlil Okafor

“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.”

— Terry Pratchett