Firsts Quotes - Page 298

The Republican debate got pretty heated. They spent most of their time arguing over who God called first.

At the airport if you refuse to be patted down, they arrest you. And what's the first thing they do when they arrest you? They pat you down.

The lead story on MSNBC was the news that there was nothing new to report in the Gary Condit story. So remember when there is nothing new to report, MSNBC will be the station not to report it first.

Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who mattered. (pg 222).

The first time my mom found condoms in my room, she literally started crying hysterically.

When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake her up.

After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

When you get ready to write your novel, outline it first. There's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing you've painted yourself in a plot corner.

Thats what her cars do," Lula said. "They explode. But I gotta tell you this was the best. This here's the first time she exploded a garbage truck. One time her truck got hit with an antitank missile. That wasn't bad either, but it couldn't compare to this.

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being.

The Go-Go's were like my first babies.

When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat.

I remember how surprised I was when my first novel was about to be published and I was informed that I could be sued for anything any one of my characters said. 'But I often don't agree with what they say,' I protested. The lawyer was not interested in the clear distinction I make between my own voice and the voices of my characters. Neither, I have found, are many of my readers.

My first thought in moments of darkness and doubt is, "Who can I call? Who can I share this with?" Connection and sharing saves me every time.

I have to admit that I was a little nervous when I showed up for my first official 'Wreck-It Ralph' recording session.

My first love, in my head, believe it or not, was Ron Howard.

The first poem in The Beauty holds a woman in Portugal in a wheelchair singing, with great power, a fado. I have never seen this or heard of it, the image simply arrived. But surely such a thing has happened. And it matters to me that it has, or could.

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet

The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

For the first time in our lives, I’m somewhere she can’t find, and I don’t have the map to give her that leads to me.

I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!