First Person Quotes

249 First Person quotes by 210 unique authors

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In fact I am behind everything that happens and that is… — Pedro Almodovar
I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advanced social sciences methodology that integrates science… — Otto Scharmer
When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences… — Daniel Goleman
Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection… — John Green
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work… — Brian Greene
There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. — Drake
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. — Brian Eno
I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports. — Penn Jillette
I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew… — Steve Jobs
Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have… — Jean Kerr
In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me… — Mike Krzyzewski
Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature. — Manuel Puig
First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. — Anne Rice
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after Norse mythology. She… — Rick Riordan
Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by… — Robert Smith
There are certain things in 'Twilight'... As much as I'm proud of that movie and I do like it, I feel like maybe I brought… — Kristen Stewart
If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across. — Shania Twain
I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And… — Jack Welch
I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. — Vivienne Westwood
I did the rock 'n roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out. I'm not the first person that happened to, and I'm sure I won't be… — Robbie Williams
Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian… — Philip Zimbardo
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and… — Howard Rheingold
...quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love… — Joan Didion
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by… — J D Salinger

Who Wrote These First Person Quotes

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