Foremost Quotes

362 Foremost quotes by 328 unique authors

I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the… — Amy Hempel
Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader and making it into a poem that, primarily, has to… — Marilyn Hacker
It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of… — Juliet Mills
Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared… — Horst Kohler
People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the… — Peter Krause
What I see are people who want affordable energy. They want strong environmental standards - they want a lot of things - but first and… — John S. Watson
Worship is first and foremost for His benefit, not ours, though it is marvelous to discover that in giving Him pleasure, we ourselves enter into… — Lamar Boschman
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than… — Richard John Neuhaus
There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate our fingers with… — William Shakespeare
It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim of respectability. . .… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Biologically and temperamentally... women were made to be concerned firt and foremost with child care, husband care and home care. — Benjamin Spock
We should listen first and foremost to our own experience We should stop looking for saviors.Society has not existed for thousands of years because it… — Thomas Sowell
I'm going to get down to a still life on a size 50 canvas of rayfish and dogfish with old fishermen's baskets. Then I'm going… — Claude Monet
If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world. — Andrew Mellon
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to… — Ludwig von Mises
The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage. — C L R James
Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer. — Amanda Beard
The country which is in advance of the rest of the world in chemistry will also be foremost in wealth and in general prosperity. — William Ramsay
The business of a novelist is, in my opinion, to create characters first and foremost, and then to set them in the snarl of the… — John Dos Passos
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. — Paul Weller
First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between… — Robert Crais
Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis. — Jim DeMint
I think there's something really painful about your identity being entirely composed of ghosts. For me, I didn't want to be this kid whose Dominicanness… — Junot Diaz
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,'… — Rahm Emanuel

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