First Five Quotes

35 quotes by 34 authors

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat… — Chanakya
During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate on… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success… — Jimmy Carr
Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He couldn't do that… — Larry Mullen, Jr.
One of the best investments we can make is to give our kids the ingredients they need to develop in the first five years of… — Hillary Clinton
Cowriting is very personal. A great song is an honest song, so you have to be able to open up to the person in the… — Liz Rose
If the original Facebook was the first five minutes [of a conversation] and the stream was the next 15, what I want to show you… — Mark Zuckerberg
It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of… — Shemar Moore
The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them. — Kimon Nicolaides
If you want to support a writer, produce the first five plays he writes. — August Wilson
The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out. — Bill Gates
I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short… — John Lescroart
You can't rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn't going to be done in the first five minutes. — Robert Herjavec
And the first five places are filled by five different cars. — Murray Walker
My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was… — Shelby Foote
You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the… — Yelawolf
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights. — Adolf Galland
If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos. — Jon Bon Jovi
I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I… — Joyce Meyer
I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will… — Sue Monk Kidd

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