Firsts Quotes

20399 Firsts quotes by 9251 unique authors

First know yourself, then you will begin to understand why things are as they are, and why life is as it is. — Leon Brown
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule. — Solon
If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's… — Henry David Thoreau
The first duty of life is to live. — Burt Lancaster
We want a better America, an America that will give its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher standard of living so that no… — Sidney Hillman
Instantly, the noise stopped. The whole room lay in perfect silence. The tire builders stood in long lines, touching each other, perfectly motionless, deafened by… — Ruth McKenney
For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has… — Thomas Huxley
Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first. — Samuel Eliot Morison
At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish,… — Hermann Hesse
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer months, before business, at Leipzig… — Unknown Author
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.… — Charles Darwin
There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. — Xavier Becerra
The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of… — John Ruskin
How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on… — W.C. Fields
There is nothing in the world like the first taste of beer. — John Steinbeck
So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or shudder, at the… — Alistair Cooke
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put to me by… — John Updike
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot. — Bob Hope
My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake. — Ben Crenshaw
The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest… — Chi Chi Rodriguez
Everything was fine until I walked on to the first tee! — Seve Ballesteros
When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. Itʹs obsession at first sight. — Thomas Boswell
First of all, it's a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it's like Sports Illustrated.… — Dean Lombardi

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