Firsts Quotes - Page 81

The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.

My first objective is to invest, and if I have anything spare, then I spend.

First, we should not be opening our coasts, all of our coasts, to oil drilling when we have not taken the first step, not the first step, to conserve oil.

When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.

She felt, as she felt so often with Murphy, spattered with words that went dead as soon as they sounded; each word obliterated, before it had time to make sense, by the word that came next; so that in the end she did not know what had been said. It was like difficult music heard for the first time.

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind

Barbara was actually Jeff Foxworthy's interior designer when we first met. So, not only was Jeff responsible for my success in my career, he also introduced me to the woman who I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, which, I think, makes us even.

Before you take the first dose of any medication your doctor prescribes, you should make it your business to find out more about the drug than the doctor himself knows.

It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real.

At first, I am giving energy to the creation, but later the creation seems to be giving energy to me.

Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.

The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.

Can I overcome pressure? Yes. This is always my first thought.

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

You know, last night it was so cold that my pillow and my sheets fought to see who got under the blankets first.

I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason for that was that I could control all the steps.

First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund.

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!