We become sad in the first place because we have nothing stirring to do. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
If I can't connect emotionally with the music I'm making, there's no point making it in the first place. — Sunny Ozell Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know what was worse: to have your shot and screw it up, or to never have had a shot in… — Danielle Paige Copy Share Image
Culture requires in the first place a certain balance of material and spiritual values. — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur. — Tracy Austin Copy Share Image
The only reason anybody bought your book in the first place is because they were hoping you would DIE at the end… — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place. — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Ew to you telling me not to ew you, though.” “Ew to you having a stalker in the first place. It’s so… — Babe Walker Copy Share Image
You can't rewind war. It spools on, and on, and on, looping and jumping, distorted and cracked with age, and the stories… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place,… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“The 20th century linguistic revolution is the recognition that language is not merely a device for communicating ideas about the world, but… — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
If you are not prepared top take care of the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
My biggest fear is fear(why fear in the first place?) why question so much? An antelope in the jungle runs for dear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this… — John Farrar Copy Share Image
Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Sometimes the issue is about whether families and communities think girls are even worthy of an education in the first place. It's… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Of course there are many films about the period of Fascism itself but I don't know of any about that period beforehand.… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“He will surmise that love can endure only when one is unfaithful to its beguiling opening ambitions, and that, for his relationships… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power… — Roger Pilon Copy Share Image
What drew me to Batman in the first place was Bruce Wayne's story, and that he's a real character whose story begins… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
We are the only alive creatures that are mortals; the animals are immortal, which is why they live stupidly. We are the… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
“I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The PBA was a symptom of the Philippines' basketball obsession, not the cause. I was thrilled to be witnessing the professional game… — Rafe Bartholomew Copy Share Image
“What is a play? A public holiday? A lesson? A pastime? In the first place it might seem that a play ought… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
“Life is too short for fearmongering and becoming ensnarled in lengthy periods of depression. We must use our time judiciously and never… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The kingdom of heaven promised us certain things: it promised us happiness and a sense of purpose and a sense of having… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to make this point in answer to the 'iatrogenic' theory that the unveiling of repressed memories in MPD sufferers,… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“What struck me, in reading the reports from Sri Lanka, was the mild disgrace of belonging to our imperfectly evolved species in… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
