Firsts Quotes - Page 22

You must learn to save first and spend afterwards.

First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast — that means you're a professional.

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.

In order to perform the supernatural, you must first be able to accomplish the supernormal.

I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.

The designer must think first and work later.

The first step in our walk of faith is to stop our own works and rest in God's love, wisdom and power.

It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.

When you are five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties, you know how old you are. I'm twenty-three you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties, something strange starts to happen. It is a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I'm--you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going to say thirty-three, but you are not. You're thirty-five. And then you're bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. It is, of course, but it's decades before you admit it.

Acting is my first focus, but at the core, I'm a storyteller, and however that comes out is fine with me.

First you draw what you see. Next, you draw what you know, and only then will you know what it is that you see.

Even if at first you do succeed, you still have to work hard to stay there.

Study everything, but study yourself first.

It is always cheaper to do the job right the first time.

Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.

Whenever I was asked what I wanted my first impulse was to answer "Nothing." The thought went through my mind that it didn't make any difference, that nothing was going to make me happy.

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious.

When you have lived the life I've lived, when you've loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad -- well, that's when you realize you'll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you'd rather die first.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

It's always the same when you don't get enough snaps. If we can get it going, stay on the field, the beauty of the offense is they'll all get involved in it. You've got to have drives, you've got to make first downs. You can't get players involved if you only have three plays and out. That's not real good.

Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first.

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting.

Adam and Eve ate the first vitamins, including the package.