The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Every once in a while you come across a novel that reminds you why you think you enjoy reading in the first… — Graham Parke Copy Share Image
“If anything one writes isn't still being talked about ten years later then it wasn't worth writing in the first place.” — Howard Hinton Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm around people it causes me to feel nostalgic for the loneliness that drove me into their presence in the first… — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
“That seemed to be the human pattern—reach out to the unknown and then make it into the sort of thing you left… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place. — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place,… — Boris Becker Copy Share Image
“If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the… — Heather McKenzie Copy Share Image
“I had the strangest feeling-like I had lost something without ever really having it in the first place-that i wasn't what I… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“You have many qualities that make you as great a man as any other here at the Althing. In the first place,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The video-sharing app Vine was the first place I got a glimpse of cultures beyond my own, including those of the Middle… — Jenna Wortham Copy Share Image
I've set aside a nice chunk of my advertising revenue each month for giveaways, like a KitchenAid mixer. I like buying them… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“If you had the ability to make things right, you would have kept them from going wrong in the first place. That's… — Carey Green Copy Share Image
You will make mistakes, disappoint God and others, and have days when you wonder why God ever called you in the first… — Jeff Iorg Copy Share Image
As cities get bigger, our best defence will be to prevent outbreaks in the first place by building better public health systems,… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
Whatever you believe to be true about yourself and life in the long-term becomes your reality. Your beliefs are ingrained patterns of… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Who doesn't love a compliment? But every compliment comes with a warning: Beware—Do Not Overuse. Go ahead, sniff your compliment. Take a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You can put a person in jail for 5 years, for 10 years, or 20 years, for the same crime. We're deciding… — Glenn Loury Copy Share Image
You did what you were told or you didn't get paid, and if things went wrong it wasn't your problem. It was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I do definitely believe that there is life away from this planet. I mean, we've kind of established that with the fact… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it ‘information’, but the word was overly used, so I… — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
Many activists just see what's wrong: they want to stand up to injustice and educate people about it. But I think it's… — Corinne McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“But I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the… — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
“Pastor Jón: The Úa who came is not the one who went away. Because in the first place Úa cannot go away,… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“The only people who ever called me were my dad, my brother, assorted Vaders to tell me to come early or late… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
“Roman ignored her and took her ankles and flipped them purposefully, but because of her hands she could not turn all the… — Brian McGreevy Copy Share Image
“Worship, then, needs to be characterized by hospitality; it needs to be inviting. But at the same time, it should be inviting… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“In the first place it's not true that people improve as you know them better: they don't. That's why one should only… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that poets are toddlers in a cathedral, slobbering on wooden blocks and piling them up in the light of… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
“With bloggers in particular you’ve got millions and millions of people who are working really hard to write stuff up. They're writing… — Jim Kukral Copy Share Image
