First Thing Quotes

791 First Thing quotes by 676 unique authors

We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it… — Jeremy Piven
Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when… — Michael Pitt
The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own… — Michael Polanyi
In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying… — Molly Parker
Oh God, it's such a big world right now for artists. There are as many possibilities as you can have time for, getting your music… — Amy Ray
Don't just talk about Hispanics and say immediately we must have controlled borders. It's kind of insulting when you think about it. Change the tone… — Jeb Bush
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection,… — Joshua Leonard
I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit… — Maggie Stiefvater
Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.'… — Jay-Z
In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of… — Alfred Armand Montapert
I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like… — Matt Mullenweg
Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book to book -… — China Mieville
The first thing you need to run for President is a budget of around $20 million dollars a day. — S. Robson Walton
For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers. — Adolphe Thiers
The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map,… — Robert D. Kaplan
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is… — Pope Leo I
People can live tremendously rich, blissful, ecstatic lives. But the first thing is, we have to accept our responsibility. — Rajneesh
After creating the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the entire animal kingdom, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to… — Bill Cosby
I think that-that anyone, the painter, the musician, the writer works in a-a kind of an-an insane fury. He's demon-driven. He can get up feeling… — William Faulkner
The first thing the communists do when they take over a country is to outlaw cockfighting — John Monks
The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do every day - every morning or every night,… — Walter Mosley
In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told… — Simon Hoggart
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. — Pat Metheny
When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger. — John Cleese
The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color. — Millard Drexler

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