Firsts Quotes · Page 29

[The doctrine of air] I was led into in consequence of inhabiting a house adjoining to a public brewery, where I at…

— Joseph Priestley

The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without…

— Wilfred Trotter

In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.

— Abbas Kiarostami

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

— Francois Truffaut

Every last cast is actually a first cast. The first cast and first chance to catch the next fish. The next time…

— Tony Bishop

Our album 'Show No Mercy' came out in late '83, and we did three or four shows in San Francisco after the…

— Tom Araya

When I first began examining the global-warming scare, I found nothing more puzzling than the way officially approved scientists kept on being…

— Christopher Booker

For all that we cherish and justly desire - for ourselves or for our children - the securing of peace is the…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth.…

— Terry Pratchett

I feel everything more deeply. Every action I take, I think of her first. That's a big change for me. That -…

— Jenna Dewan

The first-cause and prime-mover argument, brilliantly proffered by St. Thomas Aquinas in the fourteenth century (and brilliantly refuted by David Hume in…

— Michael Shermer

Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president.…

— Nancy Reagan

And the reason is found in the first lie - the lie which you hold as the truth about God - that…

— Neale Donald Walsch

There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the…

— Richard M. Nixon

My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the…

— Ron Moody

My general attitude toward life when I first get up is of deep suspicion, verging on hatred. ... I am simply basted…

— Gladys Taber

If you wish to care for your body, first of all take care of material things, though even when you have all…

— Zhuangzi

I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I…

— Anonymous

When I finished graduate school, the first George Bush was president, and I really wanted to get out of the country. We'd…

— Lily King

Can anything compare to the sight of the first yellow violets blooming along a woodland path? These most fragile of plants are…

— Howard Evans

Everybody who undergoes a death and finds themselves grieving is obsessed with — or maybe overly focused on — the idea that…

— Joan Didion

Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of…

— Dean Koontz

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

— Jeffrey Gitomer

A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant…

— Stephen Hawking