Foremost Quotes
362 quotes by 334 authors
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,…
— Saint Basil
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Hong Kong is a wonderful, mixed-up town where you've got great food and adventure. First and foremost, it's a great place to experience China in…
— Anthony Bourdain
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The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
— Lord Byron
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Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.
— Eric Cantona
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I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in…
— Nick Cave
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First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.
— Kenny Chesney
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Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing…
— Eric Clapton
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I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not…
— John Henrik Clarke
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To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very…
— Sri Aurobindo
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It is harder to be a lifter than a bodybuilder...lifting is purely masculine whereas bodybuilding entails feminine traits. Bodybuilding reminds me of a woman getting…
— Doug Hepburn
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Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.
— Alfred M. Gray
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My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get to me.
— Andy Moog
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I think the foremost quality - there's no success without it - is really loving what you do. If you love it, you do it…
— Malcolm Forbes
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Actually I was more of a breaker than a thrower - most of them putters. I broke so many of those that I probably became…
— Tommy Bolt
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The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.
— Seneca the Younger
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To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that…
— Yao Ming
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I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the masses. I passionately…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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We built a foundation called the 3HO Foundation: a Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization of people. The first song I sang was, "We are the people,…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Who Wrote These Foremost Quotes
334 authors contributed a total of 362 Foremost Quotes, led by these top contributors: