Firsts Quotes · Page 29

To have more, you must first be more.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

kazehaya-kun has given me a lot of FIRSTS

— Karuho Shiina

Great work is always shunned at first.

— Seth Godin

That which shrinks must first expand.

— Laozi

Being, not doing, is my first joy.

— Theodore Roethke

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

— John Keble

The first duty of life is to live.

— Burt Lancaster

My first job was cleaning sheep pens.

— Brian Sandoval

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

— Gary Soto

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.

— Jack Dee

In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.

— Niall Ferguson

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

— Winston Churchill

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

At first Eric stares at Four in silence. Four stares back.

— Veronica Roth

You write people as human beings first and then the gender specific stuff second.

— Irvine Welsh

It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion.

— Roma Downey

The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience.

— Evelyn Underhill

The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years…

— Thomas Hoving

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

— Mary McLeod Bethune

It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and…

— Venus Williams

Once you have found the right shot to introduce the scene-written your first declarative sentence-then the rest flows. You've found the key…

— John Huston

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

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

— Max Anders

The Indians are a marginal people in Guatemala just like I am a marginal person in the first world.

— Luis Gonzalez

Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it…

— Brett Favre

The future mathematician ... should solve problems, choose the problems which are in his line, meditate upon their solution, and invent new…

— George Polya

A lot of British actors will look at America as a land of opportunity. In England, there's such a small pool of…

— Aml Ameen

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About…

— Patrick Ness

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to…

— Carly Simon

The Triad has a special beauty and fairness beyond all numbers, primarily because it is the very first to make actual the…

— Iamblichus

Watch and enjoy Mixed Martial Arts, and if some people are thinking about doing it, they must be very careful and think…

— Akshay Kumar

Do you know that Yahya Khan's first victim was not to have been Mujib [ Rahman] but myself? Many people in my…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a…

— Miguel de Cervantes

The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals…

— Ronald Reagan

First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay…

— John S. Watson

The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever…

— Lewis Thomas

He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections…

— Arthur Phillips

By declaring yourself a leader, you're taking initiative and moving into a role of influence in a lively and vital network that's…

— Neale Donald Walsch