First Person Quotes

249 First Person quotes by 210 unique authors

I was the first American citizen to be elected to Congress in spite of the double drawbacks of being female and having skin darkened by… — Shirley Chisholm
After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela. — Naomi Campbell
I trust my mom with anything. If I have a problem, my mom is always the first person I go to. — Richard Fleeshman
I have often wondered who was the first person to realize that eating an artichoke was a good idea. — Chris Cosentino
When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person. — Daphne du Maurier
Contemplation is not and cannot be a function of this external self. There is an irreducible opposition between the deep transcendent self that awakens only… — Thomas Merton
Fortunately I am not the first person to tell you that you will never die. You simply lose your body. You will be the same… — Unknown Author
In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the… — Tracy Kidder
I have an interest in making first-person games, — Fumito Ueda
The first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with... — Laura Miller
Make no mistake, the organizations website counsels. You will be writing a lot of crap. And thats a good thing. By forcing yourself to write… — Laura Miller
A lot of individuals are so worried about being politically correct. I'd rather go ahead and say what's on my mind than to sit there… — Frank Mir
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt. — Aaron Sorkin
The first person you have to resurrect is yourself — Unknown Author
I keep moving through time and time keeps moving through me. And through that process, life takes shape. The question is what shape it is.… — Questlove
I've never been able to control a first-person shooter, but as soon as I used the Revolution controller, I found it very easy to control… — Satoru Iwata
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down… — Karl Marlantes
Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity — Robbie Fowler
I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was. — Diane Wakoski
The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that. — Marc Parent
Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture,… — Serge Lutens
It's amazing what you find out about yourself when you write in the first person about someone very different from you. — Doris Lessing
I was in love with New York. I do not mean 'love' in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love with the… — Joan Didion
In most books, the I, of first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. — Henry David Thoreau
We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. — Henry David Thoreau

Who Wrote These First Person Quotes

210 authors contributed a total of 249 First Person Quotes, led by these top contributors: