Firsts Quotes · Page 48

You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either…

— Billy Collins

As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study…

— Mark Spitz

I think longer that you sit on a screenplay the longer you sit. I'm a firm believer that you can write the…

— Todd Farmer

My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four…

— Stephenie Meyer

I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.

— Kiki Smith

When you first time you fall in love, you think that is going to be your whole life project, loving someone. It…

— Gaspar Noe

I was in South Africa, and Joe [Wright] asked the same exact question that you just asked: "Have you ever seen an…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

It was a film [The Lost World], and it's a sequel at the same time. The first shot on the first day…

— Eric McCormack

I think the first time I was on The David Letterman Show, he didn't quite know what to expect. I think people…

— Paul Reubens

One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate…

— Chrissie Hynde

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise…

— David Starr Jordan

First, I thought, almost despairing, This must crush my spirit now; Yet I bore it, and am bearing- Only do not ask…

— Heinrich Heine

I believe in having fun first, and along the way, if you teach people, if you influence people, well and good.

— Ray Bradbury

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.

— John C. Maxwell

It might be the first time - certainly the first time in my lifetime that a major policy address by a Republican…

— Avik Roy

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that,…

— Tryon Edwards

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts.

— Ferdinand Porsche

Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on…

— Daniel Barenboim

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

— Anonymous

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare…

— Maria Montessori

When I get to first base, I start thinking about third.

— Jose Reyes

If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease…

— John O'Donohue

You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only…

— Patrick Rothfuss

But now, the final feeling... is one of gratitude that the journey was undertaken. Looking at the past has meant, for the…

— Ruth Cracknell