Firsts Quotes - Page 156

My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.

Suppressing his relief, Valek asked, “Can you please tell this Lieutenant who he has arrested?” “Can do,” Janco said with a smile. “Lieutenant Darren, let me be the first to congratulate you on capturing the elusive and legendary Kelav. He’s been wanted in Ixia for years on multiple counts of espionage.

I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

The first thing required of a teacher is that he be rightly disposed for his task.

Red RodsBefore elaborating any system of education, we must therefore create a favorable environment that will encourage the flowering of a child's natural gifts. All that is needed is to remove the obstacles. And this should be the basis of, and point of departure for, all future education. The first thing to be done, therefore, is to discover the true nature of a child and then assist him in his normal development.

First reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.

Women who are to some extent resistant, whom one cannot possess at once, whom one does not even know at first whether one will ever possess, are the only interesting ones.

A winner must first know what losing's like.

The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.

Seek ye first the Charkha and its concomitants and everything else will be added unto you.

There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.

Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, "Where have you been?" The second comment they make is always, "Oh, you've grown up."

To heal your body, you must first heal your spirit.

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one.

We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy.

I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s.

I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art.

Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who fought on alone.

I think I'm the oldest new Bob Dylan around. I predate Bruce Springsteen, Steve Forbat and John Prine. I was probably the first of the new Bob Dylans.