Firsts Quotes - Page 48

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great

The old aphorisms are basically sound. First impressions are lasting.

The first thing that comes out of my mouth is always right.

Hey Bieber, I had the initials JB first.. Where's my 15%?

I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.

Two women at a resort discussed dinner: "The food here is lousy," the first noted. "You're right! And such small portions!!" the second added

Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

The first step toward spiritual growth is to become aware of your emotions.

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

Mental health courts exist because the system has failed. If these people were being treated, they wouldn't end up with misdemeanor charges or felony charges against them in the first place. The very existence of mental health courts is really an indication of the system's failure.

I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified.

Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly.

...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.

Economic analysis is the first principle of Marxism. Professors who were genuine leftists would have challenged the entire economics-driven machinery of American academe the wasteful multidepartmental structure, the divisive pedantry of overspecialization, the cronyism and sycophancy in recruitment and promotion, the boondoggling ostentation of pointless conferences, the exploitation of graduate students and part-time teachers, the subservience of faculty to overpaid administrators, the mediocrity and folly of the ruling cliques of the Modern Language Association.

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.

People should accept themselves for who they really are and be proud of that and take ownership of that first and learn that self love to really be happy.

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

I always call myself a stuntman first and then an actor.

No one can know the true grace of God who has not first known the fear of God.

If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning".

Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank Yahya Khan and his gang of illiterate psychopaths.

In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.