--- title: "12 Firsts Quotes By Dorothy L. Sayers" description: "12 Firsts quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers. Plus more from Dorothy L. Sayers and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/dorothy-l-sayers-738_doe_the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-kill_810309.jpg" --- > [The first thing a principle does is kill somebody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-kill-somebody/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/dorothy-l-sayers-738_doe_the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-kill_810309.jpg) > [How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do" "Except to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/how-can-i-find-the-words-poets-have-taken-them-all-and-left-me-with/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/dorothy-l-sayers-738_first-time_how-can-i-find-the-words-poets-have-take_878352.jpg) > [The first thing that strikes the careless observer is that women are unlike men. They are 'the opposite sex' - (though why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-first-thing-that-strikes-the-careless-observer-is-that-women-are/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/dorothy-l-sayers-738_careless_the-first-thing-that-strikes-the-careles_2517634.jpg) > [It is the first duty of a gentleman to remember in the morning who he went to bed with the night before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-is-the-first-duty-of-a-gentleman-to-remember-in-the-morning-who-he/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/dorothy-l-sayers-738_bed_it-is-the-first-duty-of-a-gentleman-to-r_2418147.jpg) > [Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/nothing-is-more-vulgar-than-a-careful-avoidance-of-beginning-a-letter/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/dorothy-l-sayers-738_avoidance_nothing-is-more-vulgar-than-a-careful-av_1945978.jpg) > [It is fatal to let people suppose that Christianity is only a mode of feeling; it is vitally necessary to insist that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-christianity-is-only-a-mode-of/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/dorothy-l-sayers-738_christianity_it-is-fatal-to-let-people-suppose-that-c_1376974.jpg) > [ What the Church should be telling him \[the carpenter\] is this: that the very first demand that his religion makes upon him… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/what-the-church-should-be-telling-him-the-carpenter-is-this-that-the/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/dorothy-l-sayers-738_carpenter_what-the-church-should-be-telling-him-th_2145453.jpg) > [First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/first-i-believe-it-to-be-a-grave-mistake-to-present-christianity-as/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/dorothy-l-sayers-738_believe_first-i-believe-it-to-be-a-grave-mistake_2121724.jpg) > [Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man or woman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/once-lay-down-the-rule-that-the-job-comes-first-and-you-throw-that/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/dorothy-l-sayers-738_able_once-lay-down-the-rule-that-the-job-come_1607443.jpg) > [To the average man, life presents itself, not as material malleable to his hand, but as a series of problems...which he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/to-the-average-man-life-presents-itself-not-as-material-malleable-to/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/dorothy-l-sayers-738_abandon_to-the-average-man-life-presents-itself_645401.jpg) > [But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/but-suppose-one-doesn-t-quite-know-which-one-wants-to-put-first/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/dorothy-l-sayers-738_arise_but-suppose-one-doesn-t-quite-know-which_2224053.jpg) > [“Wimsey stooped for an empty sardine-tin which lay, horribly battered, at his feet, and slung it idly into the quag. It struck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/wimsey-stooped-for-an-empty-sardine-tin-which-lay-horribly-battered/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/dorothy-l-sayers-738_abandoned_wimsey-stooped-for-an-empty-sardine-tin_1598992.jpg) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by Dorothy L. Sayers > [“The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-really-essential-factors-of-success-in-any-undertaking-are-money/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-trouble-is-that-everybody-sneers-at-restrictions-and-demands/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“ Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/peter-were-you-looking-for-a-horse-shoe-no-i-was-expecting-the-horse/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [ “See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. \[That\] the fundamental treason to the mind ...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/see-that-the-mind-is-honest-first-the-rest-may-follow-or-not-as-god/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/but-it-is-the-mark-of-all-movements-however-well-intentioned-that/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/we-may-argue-eloquently-that-honesty-is-the-best-policy-unfortunately/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/one-must-not-only-die-daily-but-every-day-we-must-be-born-again/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“By teaching them all to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/by-teaching-them-all-to-read-we-have-left-them-at-the-mercy-of-the/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [ Perhaps \[the critics are right and\] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/perhaps-the-critics-are-right-and-the-drama-is-played-out-now-and/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/at-no-point-have-i-yet-found-artistic-truth-and-theological-truth-at/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/i-have-never-yet-heard-any-middle-aged-man-or-woman-who-worked-with/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/that-was-the-second-time-within-five-minutes-that-he-had-warned-her/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“To obey orders in this family has been my privilege for the last twenty years--a privilege which has been an unqualified pleasure, except perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/to-obey-orders-in-this-family-has-been-my-privilege-for-the-last/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/those-who-make-some-other-person-their-job-are-dangerous/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“Yes, and look at the corpses. Place always reminds me of that old thing in Punch, you know—‘Waiter, take away Lord Whatsisname, he’s been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/yes-and-look-at-the-corpses-place-always-reminds-me-of-that-old-thing/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/dorothy-l-sayers/#itemlist", "name": "12 Firsts Quotes By Dorothy L. Sayers", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first thing a principle does is kill somebody", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy L. 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