Firsts Quotes - Page 292

At Reed College, I learned very quickly that I didn't know nearly enough. I learned, first, that every student there was as smart as I was, and quite a few seemed smarter.

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.

Now we must remark, that there are two parts in the Commandment-the first forbids the erection of a graven image, or any likeness; the second prohibits the transferring of the worship which God claims for Himself alone, to any of these phantoms or delusive shows.

The white paintings came first; my silent piece came later.

From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.

In the corporate community the key word is respect. In the corporate community you don't get a relationship until they respect you first.

The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

You can never truly understand or help others, even in your own family, unless you first look thoroughly into your own life and deal with your own sins without compromise, excuses, or evasion (Matthew 7:1-5).

Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal to X.

First you use machines, then you wear machines, and then ...? Then you serve machines.

The fastest I ever did that was when Kill the Moonlight came out after Girls Can Tell, and I remember both labels I was working with at the time saying, "If this was any other period, I would probably say this is too fast, but because this is first time anybody has ever paid attention to Spoon, let's keep it on an upward trajectory."

I was dropped by my publisher after my first two books. But I always believed in myself.

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

We don't have that for the most part it is learned behavior and so the first part is we have to understand why people are behaving the way they are. Behavior is a result so we have to understand that before there is a result something is going on in here in the brain.

Every idea appears at first as a strange visitor, and when it begins to be realized, it is hardly distinguishable from fantasy.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

When I very first started out, I had that arrogance of youth.

Nobody walks well first, nobody writes well first and nobody cooks well first.