His First Quotes
259 His First quotes by 224 unique authors
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One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any knowledge…
— Daniel Tammet
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Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting…
— Barnett Newman
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To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of…
— Unknown Author
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He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive…
— Robert E. Sherwood
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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with…
— Eugen Herrigel
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All Kings, and all their favorites, All glory of honors, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes times, as they pass, Is elder by a…
— John Donne
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The true husbandman will cease from anxiety, as the squirrels manifest no concern whether the woods will bear chestnuts this year or not, and finish…
— Henry David Thoreau
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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
— Juvenal
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
— Richard Miller
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He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were…
— Glenn Hoddle
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The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at…
— Thomas a Kempis
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I feel sorry for Obama because he's still got to fight the innate racism of Americans. I mean, did you see his first speech, when…
— Frankie Boyle
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Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to actually move to…
— Jay Leno
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An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoughts.
— Keith Johnstone
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The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partner’s imagination.
— Keith Johnstone
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I am satisfied that happiness in marriage is not so much a matter of romance as it is an anxious concern for the comfort and…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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Why in the world anyone in America is allowing another language (other than English) to be his first... I don't know
— Margaret Thatcher
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Mitt Romney is predicting that as president, he will create 12 million jobs in his first term. Well, President Obama says a Romney presidency would…
— Jay Leno
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God's faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his…
— Saint Augustine
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Johnny Rivers...returned to L.A. to accept a lucrative offer from Elmer Valentine to open at his lavish new nightclub based upon the popular European discotheque…
— Unknown Author
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The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.
— Peter Drucker
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Here's a basic difference between Morelli and me. My first thought was always of cake. His first thought was always of sex. Don't get me…
— Janet Evanovich
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You demonstrate biblical love when you take steps to restore a fellow-believer overtaken in sin. This not only encourages a fallen believer to return to…
— John C. Broger
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This solo piano exploration (Beyond The Sky) by Rob Schwimmer is full of passion and love...his execution and ideas flow with a beautiful sense of…
— Joe Lovano
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In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first…
— Allan Nairn
Who Wrote These His First Quotes
224 authors contributed a total of 259 His First Quotes, led by these top contributors: