“The end is the point of wanting something in the first place, isn’t it?” — Gabe Habash Copy Share Image
“(The phrase “in the first place” is a vestige from the art of memory.)” — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
It was one of those times when I felt a terrible sense of loss again, even though this time I didn't have… — Sara Bokhari Copy Share Image
Can anybody be given a great degree of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to develop it-if they have it… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place? — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any God-damned wars in the first place! — Sally Field Copy Share Image
“—If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us, he said, then there wouldn’t be so much fuss… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
We would not have to forgive people if we didn't judge them in the first place. — Barry Neil Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I'm not planning to do it again." Though to be honest he hadn't planned to do it in the first place. Which… — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
“There are rules you've gotta follow when you fuck to forget. A body's only a temple if and when you treat it… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
While recognising the inherent difficulty, all of us at BA are eager to begin work on an actual human spaceflight program, which… — Robert Bigelow Copy Share Image
The first place I ever performed was at CU Boulder. I went there my freshman year and discovered stand-up after my friends… — Nikki Glaser Copy Share Image
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is important to remember always that the principle of egolessness does not mean that there was an ego in the first… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We have to treat smoking as a major public health issue. We have to reduce the extent to which young people start… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been,… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I now realize that lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt. Lives fall apart when the foundation upon which they… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“On a subconscious level, I subscribe to the notion that if you worry about something, it is somehow less likely to happen.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Answer me this, if your TV wasn’t broken in the first place then why do you need a new one? If your… — Harken Headers Copy Share Image
Do you understand how there could be any writing in a spider's web?" "Oh, no," said Dr. Dorian. "I don't understand it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Goethe’s Faust risks all if he should cry to the moment, the 'augenblick', “Verweile doch!” “Last forever!” Who hasn’t prayed that prayer?… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Just as important as knowing what gift God has given you is knowing which gifts He hasn't give you. Many Christians try… — C. Wagner Copy Share Image
People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens - except for the teeny, tiny, mind-boggling fact that if you live in Puerto… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
“Programming is not all the same. Normal written languages have different rhythms and idioms, right? Well, so do programming languages. The language… — Robin Sloane Copy Share Image
“I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the things… — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
“In the first place I spent most of my time at home, reading. I tried to stifle all that was continually seething… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“the gospel is good news for losers, that in fact we are all losers if we measure ourselves by God’s interpretation of… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Over the decades, perhaps the wrong questions have been asked about the Great Migration. Perhaps it is not a question of whether… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“ Now you’re concerned with the laws? I didn’t realize you could pick and choose which ones to follow, Jagen. That sounds… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“Why do we bury our dead?” His nose was dented in at the bridge like a sphinx; the cause of which I… — Yvonne Woon Copy Share Image
“The United States is the most powerful among the technically advanced countries in the world today. Its influence on the shaping of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The best driver isn't always the one in first place, but the one having the most fun. — Club Of Stangs Copy Share Image
How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican. — Will Durst Copy Share Image
It's easier to stay in shape if you never let yourself get out of shape in the first place. — Bill Loguidice Copy Share Image
You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image