Firsts Quotes - Page 179

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it.

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.

I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist.

The natural law is the origin and principle of all virtues and their acts, therefore we must first speak about natural law.

Business first; pleasure afterwards.

Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitalist, the commons.

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.

In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note.

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're hung out to dry and, finally, you're framed.

To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.

The first 50 years are for learning, and the second 50 years are for living. Life just begins when you're in your 50s.

I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel.

It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win.

When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'

My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press.

Everything solid was first an idea.

The spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our first independence, then the seed is the symbol of our second independence."

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities are Americans first and that they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as everybody else.

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.