Firsts Quotes - Page 218

One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

Christ was the first to be resurrected and never die again.

At first, being with Sebastian was like being in the middle of the best dream I'd ever had - but now it mostly feels exhausting. I'm up one minute and down the next; questioning what I say and do. Even questioning my sanity.

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.

First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves.

My first job was cleaning sheep pens.

The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio.

One of the first things I said when I signed on for the show was No hugs! Full House was all based on hugs.

My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It's much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.

So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

People first. Technology second.

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.

The good news doesn't make any sense unless you know what the bad news is first, and the bad news goes pretty deep.

The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.

Most of the time I am sunk in thought, but at some point on each walk there comes a moment when I look up and notice, with a kind of first-time astonishment, the amazing complex delicacy of the words, the casual ease with which elemental things come together to form a composition that is—whatever the season, wherever I put my besotted gaze—perfect.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.

First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to re-form it.... The first draft of a book is the most uncertain-where you need guts, the ability to accept the imperfect until it is better.

Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices.

The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

My professional success is really important to me, and my career is really important to me. It's the most important thing to me outside of my family. I take it very seriously and work really, really hard at it. Family comes first, but this is something that's really important to me too.