First Place Quotes

879 quotes by 662 authors

The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic… — William Kittredge
Now, the first preachers of the Christ evangel preached Christ. They did not, in the first place, preach salvation or sanctification or forgiveness, or judgment… — Theodore Austin-Sparks
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down... So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows… — Joseph Jaworski
If I do get a handgun, I can take it to the sheriff's department, and in about as much time as it would take me… — Jonathan Gottschall
The demographic of our audience is young. It also contains a high proportion of black, Jewish and gay people, who have all been encouraged by… — Ian Mckellen
You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them in the first… — Guillermo del Toro
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its… — George Nakashima
Because economics is all about optimising, doing the best you can with what you have - it's usually the first place you should look for… — Emily Oster
What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise. — Antony Sher
A sucker has no business with money in the first place. — Canada Bill Jones
The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place. — Charles de Lint
As long as we are focusing on the breath we do not feed our mental, emotional, and physical patterns. By returning to the breath again… — Martine Batchelor
As you approach the presidency, no one seems worthy of it, since it wasn't designed for a human in the first place. — Wilfrid Sheed
True healing is realizing you were never sick in the first place — Duncan Trussell
Your beliefs and thoughts are wired into your biology. They become your cells, tissues, and organs. Thereâ€™s no supplement, no diet, no medicine, and no… — Christiane Northrup
In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and disappointments… — Felix Frankfurter
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation. — William Godwin
The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire… — Amy Grant
The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place. — Sacha Guitry

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