Firsts Quotes - Page 104

I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.

We're here to be worshipers first and workers only second

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.

I would love to get an international version of Riding Shotgun going, because that's what I've been angling at ever since I wanted to do a travel show in the first place.

My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

The censor is always quick to justify his function in terms that are protective of society. But the First Amendment, written in terms that are absolute, deprives the States of any power to pass on the value, the propriety, or the morality of a particular expression.

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

By brain is meant, in the first instance, something more than the pink-grey jelly of the anatomist. It is, even to a scientist, the organ of imagination.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology.

When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

My first job at Graham-Newman was to prepare the annual report for that 10th year.

The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

Time was God's first creation.

The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.

The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.

If it does not work the first time, try, try again. Then quit. No need to be an idiot.

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.

Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.

The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.