First Thing Quotes

791 First Thing quotes by 676 unique authors

Svengal lay groaning on the turf. His thighs were sheer agony. His buttocks ached. His calf muscles were on fire. Now, afterhe had tumbled off… — John Flanagan
me: why is it upset? shouldn't it be downset? gideon: i will file a lawsuit against the dictionaries first thing tomorrow morning. we're going to… — David Levithan
You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it.… — J D Salinger
So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof. — James Patterson
The first thing we pulled out was a lump of white gunk. “Wax,” Carter pronounced. “Fascinating. — Rick Riordan
What else should you be? Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing's the first thing we learned. And a… — Orson Scott Card
He had the blue kite in his hands; that was the first thing I saw. And I can't lie now and say my eyes didn't… — Khaled Hosseini
The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an… — Adam Smith
Dani said this woman, with whom she’d lived for two years, had never known her. “I feel like people accept the first thing I show… — Mary Gaitskill
How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning… — Suzanne Collins
The first thing he noticed was how quiet it was. This was nothing like the kind of quiet he heard when he woke up in… — John Boyne
Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good car. And we… — John Green
This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all my obvious and… — Kelly Corrigan
After I got shot, you want to know the very first thing that entered my mind? The U.S. Mint. I am coin in the U.S.… — Nicholas Sparks
...the first thing you do at the end is reflect on the beginning. Maybe it's some form of reverse closure, or just the basic human… — Jonathan Tropper
The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the… — Tamora Pierce
I let her through. She checked Derek's pulse and his breathing, saying both seemed okay, then leaned down to his face. "Nothing weird on his… — Kelley Armstrong
His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of… — Patricia Briggs
The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool. — Ray Bradbury
Someone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows… — Jodi Picoult
...if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy keeping… — Ray Bradbury
But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there… — Ken Kesey
The first thing to understand about nutritionism is that it is not the same thing as nutrition. As the "-ism" suggests, it is not a… — Michael Pollan
Yeah, I like that idea. Maybe he'll shoot at us again. I was hoping someone would shoot at me today. That was the first thing… — Janet Evanovich
George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. 'Guys like us, that work on ranches,… — John Steinbeck

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