Firsts Quotes - Page 254

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them.

For most of my life, I have wanted broad impact but now, at 72, I'm not so sure that's always my first priority.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.

I wanted her body and soul, but body first.

Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.

The violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withal; being, like a mighty beast, sooner tamed with following than overthrown by withstanding.

Let's hope the first comes first.

I was twelve when I read my first sf magazine

And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it's good.

To see a lot of the smaller labels disappear or get gobbled up by the bigger labels, that’s a shame. It was a bit of a shock at first to see the demise of the record stores.

That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

It is fear that first brought gods into the world.

It was probably when I had a game point at 3-1 in the first set and it was a really long point, and I did a passing shot after a huge rally. Maybe from then I was like, 'Okay, that's not normal.'

Everyone knows about The Who, but I didn't. I knew the popular songs like "I Can See For Miles." So that was the first song I worked on because it was the catchiest and easiest.

Brands are useful ways of short-handing practically anything - look at the way Tom Wolfe first used brand name lists to sharpen up a character and a situation. Look at the most brand-referenced novel, Bret Easton Ellis's 'Glamorama.

I collect postage stamps. That's the only thing I can afford to collect! I hope in five years' time to say, "Yes, I specialize in Gustav Dore first editions."

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.

I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take.

...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.

However gradual the course of history, there must always be the day, even an hour and minute, when some significant action is performed for the first or last time.

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

Freelancing in Somalia during their civil war and in Kuwait right after the first Bush War, I had some rather intense experiences that made life in the U.S. seem rather shallow and superfluous.

Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and sleep are the first casualties of an assignment.