First Words Quotes

30 quotes by 30 authors

It was my last act of love (first words to her mother in the hospital after her first major suicide attempt) — Sylvia Plath
First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you." — Alexander Graham Bell
If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part… — N.K. Jemisin
Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I? — Neil Armstrong
When you judge someone on their appearance or first words, you miss the opportunity to understand another human being. — Leon Brown
Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that… — Phil Jackson
He received me not only cordially, but he was also full of confidence with respect to the war. His first words, after he had welcomed… — Chaim Weizmann
There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But… — Stanley Donen
I told [Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the… — Thomas A. Edison
TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an… — Ambrose Bierce
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time… — Alexis de Tocqueville
When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and… — Tony Parsons
If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing… — Cornelia Funke
My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one… — Stephen Fry
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you. — Beatrix Potter
An empty shell. Those were the first words that sprang to mind. .... Something incredibly important - .. - had disappeared from Miu for good.… — Haruki Murakami
It must be added that from his first words the foreigner made a repellent impression on the poet, but Berlioz rather liked him - that… — Mikhail Bulgakov
Now that was informative" were her first words. "Catherine, you never told me that no matter how many times you sliced something off a vampire,… — Jeaniene Frost
You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she?… — Patrick Ness
Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same… — Khaled Hosseini

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