Firsts Quotes · Page 36

Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock…

— Franz Grillparzer

I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.

— Dorothy Parker

My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse…

— Nigel Rees

The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you…

— Henri Nouwen

Formalism is music that people don't understand at first hearing.

— Sergei Prokofiev

I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

That was exactly why people didn't want to give us any kind of life, because we were threatening their status quo, and…

— Joan Jett

My father was an innovator. He's the first person who sang and set Rumi's poetry into music 35 years, 40 years ago.

— Hafez Nazeri

Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to…

— Sun Simiao

We want to be the first in the field and Rolex should be seen as the one and only-the best.

— Hans Wilsdorf

Twenty-eight years ago, I created my first game on an Apple II in my bedroom closet at a time when the interactive…

— Richard Garriott

I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.

— Rick Warren

My first real crush was... Louis Tomlinson.

— Harry Styles

When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a…

— Maya Angelou

When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you…

— Harrison Ford

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process," she said in her speech. "I was completely the eager beaver…

— Emma Watson

...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to…

— Sister Parish

There's an easy method for finding someone when you hear them scream. First get a clean sheet of paper and a sharp…

— Anonymous

The reason America is a special nation is because it was founded by people who were first on their knees before they…

— Mike Huckabee

The exploitation agenda advocated by liberals is modeled after the dependency-inducing design of the drug dealer's business model: "We'll supply the first…

— Angela McGlowan

My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.

— Apolo Ohno

No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.

— James Cash Penney

When you’re working with Army and Marine Corps units, you immediately notice a difference. The Army is pretty tough, but their performance…

— Chris Kyle

It was right after Woodrow Wilson's first serious post-World War I repression, which deported thousands of people, effectively destroyed unions and independent…

— Noam Chomsky