Firsts Quotes · Page 1,296

It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening,…

— Tom DeLay

When I had my Comedy Central roast, David [Spade] was my first choice to be roastmaster, because I adore him. He's funny…

— Rob Lowe

You must see that if two things are alike, then it is a further question whether the first is copied from the…

— C. S. Lewis

If you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I get along really well with Lars [von Trier] but definitely during our first meetings I was feeling him out and he…

— Kirsten Dunst

The first cause worked automatically like a somnambulist, and not reflectively like a sage.

— Thomas Hardy

Love can become devotion. Love is the first step; only then can devotion flower. But for us even love is a faraway…

— Anonymous

After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50…

— Bill Russell

In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey,…

— Alexander Pope

From my first days studying architecture at the architectural association, I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and with…

— Zaha Hadid

I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and…

— Julian Assange

True greatness, first of all, is a thing of the heart. It is alive with robust and generous sympathies. It is neither…

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

It is through drawing that masters are first revealed, through drawing that they live and prove their value, whatever variations they may…

— Michael Gerard Bauer

Love comes to everybody in many different ways. Attraction is always the first thing, no? But love must be more than that.…

— Julio Iglesias

You know something?" He lifted his head, and when he turned to me, he had this strange look in his eyes. Almost…

— Amanda Hocking

I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean…

— Carolyn See

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours…

— Tracy Kidder

The first day I went to law school, I realized I'd made a huge mistake. It was nothing like what I thought.

— Rich Fulcher

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

— Jewel

My first rule - the golden rule - ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and…

— Gordon Brown

Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve,…

— Mark Twain

Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.

— Arlo Guthrie

That movie was my girlfriend. That was my girl." I knew there was going to be initial anger. As a matter of…

— Craig Brewer

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

— Michael Mandelbaum

This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow…

— Nikola Tesla