Firsts Quotes - Page 14

The first time I heard of Tuol Sleng, it was on the Voice of America. I listened twice.

My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.

I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.

As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

If something is wrong with anyone, look first to the stomach.

There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Wonder is the first of all the passions.

There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you're lucky you will get the second, but you can be certain of getting the first.

Don't belong to anything. Don't belong to anyone. Just Be. Feel your Being first and foremost, and don't compare or compete. Just Be your Being.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life.

Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.

The first step to leadership is servanthood.

Keep God first, chase your dreams, and everything will pay off.

Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.

Women have been held back and limited throughout the centuries. Creation could not have been rendered, not even considered, let alone be brought into manifestation without woman. She is principal, a powerful energy. She is first.

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.

What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and a great good, not because of what it gives us, but because of what it enables us to give to others.

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.