Firsts Quotes - Page 66

The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are not given tenure; they are murdered, after first being tortured. Blasphemy, which is broadly defined, is punished. Gays are not only excluded from Iranian universities, but are imprisoned and killed.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I've definitely had a few moments in my life where I've seen somebody and it's blown me away at first sight, but I guess of those few scenarios, none of them have been like... I'm not married.

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters.

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

Zen is like soap. First you wash with it, and then you wash off the soap.

I think my general disposition on life is finding what's funny about it. When something happens, the first thing in my mind is, "What's funny about it?"

If we don't get sustainability right in agriculture first, it won't happen anywhere.

There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.

I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist.

Everywhere's been where it is ever since it was first put there. It's called geography.

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

My first book was the book that changed my life.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

Accuracy first,” I used to tell the writers. “We must never lie by accident, or through slovenliness, only deliberately!

"It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will."

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

We'll know for the first time If we're evil or divine We're the last in line.