Firsts Quotes - Page 302

Every man who can be a first-rate something -- as every man can be who is a man at all -- has no right to be a fifth-rate something; for a fifth-rate something is not better than a first-rate nothing.

The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.

When something comes up that attacks peoples beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.

Sin rarely seems sin at first beginnings.

Damn! This flight attendant treating us like we won these first class tickets in a contest.

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

Acknowledgemen t of what you feel, what you know, what you need is the first step toward healing.

First, learn how to report traffic jams, then you can talk about football. (on Bulgarian journalists)

To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true (pace Bertrand Russell).

My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.

Arthur Clarke says that I am first in science and second in science fiction in accordance with an agreement we have made. I say he is first in science fiction and second in science.

To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

You've got first-generation Americans here who are going to be poorer than their parents. That's never happened in the States before, and it's going to have massive social repercussions here.

That first apartment was a big step. It has a lot to do with being independent.

The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last.

If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and if you screw that up, you can start again tomorrow.

The first win came very quick, and I didnt know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didnt know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.

Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

We were screwed and he didn't even kiss us first.