Firsts Quotes - Page 35

In the first instance, performativity must be understood not as a singular or deliberate ‘act,’ but, rather, as the reiterative and citational practice by which discourse produces the effects that it names

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor.

When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born.

When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.

The secret to tapping into the supernatural is for you to have the courage to do the natural first.

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.

The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

[This is the] very first condition which has to be fulfilled in every kind of propaganda: a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with.

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.

Ensure your employees understand what your brand stands for so they can be your first line of word-of-mouth advertising.

To make an omelet you must first break some eggs.

Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

A gladiator's first distraction is his last.

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?