Firsts Quotes

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The cheapest energy is the energy you don't use in the first place. — Sheryl Crow
...the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant...has painfully affected the Soviet people, and shocked the international community. For the first time, we confront the real… — Mikhail Gorbachev
It is time for a sustainable energy policy which puts consumers, the environment, human health, and peace first. — Dennis Kucinich
First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe... Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling… — Henry David Thoreau
Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But our present sources stand in… — Frederick Soddy
In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first. — Adora Svitak
When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude. — Charles Spurgeon
With a new national commitment, our scientists and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these [hydrogen fuel cell] cars from laboratory to showroom, so that… — George W. Bush
...the Kyoto Protocol...the first component of an authentic global governance... — Jacques Chirac
It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time.… — Ariel Sharon
A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch, which was a… — Brian McKnight
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or she pleases... This… — Jimmy Carter
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged - keep on - there are divine things, well envelop'd; I swear to you… — Walt Whitman
On the contrary, it might even be a projection of what the truth is of the Bush Administration's complacency and ineptitude on the terrorism in… — Sidney Blumenthal
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the… — Tertullian
I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and… — Paula Cole
The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared. — Algernon Blackwood
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows… — Paddy Chayefsky
Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good… — Charles Warren Stoddard
There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to get beat, but only one way to win; get there first. — Bill Shoemaker
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. — Aesop
When something bad happens to me, I think I'm able to deal with it in a pretty good way. That makes me lucky. Some people… — Christie Brinkley
Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too… — Eugene Delacroix
Usually, if you have a new idea, you very rarely break through to anything like recognizable development or implementation of that idea the first time… — Martin Fleischmann

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