First Thing Quotes

791 First Thing quotes by 676 unique authors

The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth.… — Anne Lamott
I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be… — Steven Wright
You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize… — W. Somerset Maugham
The first thing was to get down to Addie Richardson's henhouse, and that was a goodish way, four or five miles. She found herself wondering… — Stephen King
People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at them or thought… — John Marsden
When you find yourselves a little gloomy, look around you and find somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself; go to him and… — Lorenzo Snow
There are things about ourselves that we need to get rid of; there are things we need to change. But at the same time, we… — Benjamin Hoff
The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse. — Orhan Pamuk
No more Dane,” he eventually said with unnerving finality. I tried to be funny. “I can't decide if that means you don't want me to… — Lisa Kleypas
Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good. — John Milton
Everything we knew condemned us, and our questioning condemned us most of all. Knowledge was the way of our people, and knowledge was dangerous. It… — Alice Hoffman
You don't know me at all. You don't know the first thing about me. You don't know where I'm writing this from. You don't know… — David Klass
Dear Complete and Utter Stranger, The first thing that I have to say is that I hate oatmeal. I really hate it. And you know… — Jaclyn Moriarty
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. — Mark Twain
I don't know the first thing about holding together a family, especially one that resembles an heirloom vase, shattered but glued back together for its… — Jodi Picoult
Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning? — Elizabeth von Arnim
I was thinking the first thing we should do is Expelliarmus, you know, the Disarming Charm. I know it's pretty basic but I've found it… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid… — Chuck Palahniuk
Barefoot or first thing in the morning, I feel beautiful. I didn't always feel that way, but I feel that way now. When somebody loves… — Angelina Jolie
I met Pendragon when I made the journey to the far desert. He is from the tribe known as...as..." Loor was scrambling. Bokka didn't know… — D. J. MacHale
A mockingbird has moved into our neighborhood. It perches atop a telephone pole behind our backyard. Every morning it is the first thing I hear.… — Jerry Spinelli
You really don't understand the first thing about writing...for one thing, early in the morning is the worst possible time. the brain is like a… — Cornelia Funke
I'm going to enjoy every second, and I'm going to know I'm enjoying it while I'm enjoying it. Most people don't live; they just race.… — Jean Webster
But I didn't frame it; I put into an envelope and sealed it and stuffed it far back into a corner drawer of a filing… — Jodi Picoult
The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything. "Need a… — Patrick Ness

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