Firsts Quotes - Page 211

Before you can do something, you must first be something.

'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest.

But you can't truly hate a man without loving him first, and there's always a trace of that love left over.

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

They're making a movie about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date, called 'Southside With You,' and the producers say they've already cast someone to play young Barack Obama. Now, I'm not saying the president has aged a lot but that young actor is Morgan Freeman.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

chaos is the first step in the creative process.

The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration.

If at first you don't succeed, see if there is a prize for the losers.

Yeah there's always something different. He's still limited to what he can do - ya know, no super powers, just a high skill set. But they have a cool thing - this time I learn very quickly... um, bow. 'Cause in the first Avengers he had that short bow that cracks open, and then I can crack and close with a staff. So now I'm a master with a staff apparently. I have to learn that today.

I feel everything more deeply. Every action I take, I think of her first. That's a big change for me. That - and no sleep!

There is no one way to Happiness. Happiness is the way! It's inside your head FIRST and everyplace else second

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in here with these future criminals.

emotion is first of all and in principle an accident

Regardless of how insane it might be, when you dig somebody you just met and you send that first text, goddamn, it's an eternity before you get the reply back.

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song.

God's first, then family, then whatever else you love.

[Lockyer]... sometimes forgets he is only the editor and not the author of Nature. [Lockyer was the first editor of Nature.]

I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.

It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent.

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.

My first job with a network was General Hospital, and that was ABC. I feel like I have so much history with them, that they treat their shows well and they have good, discerning taste.

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving.