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Firsts Quotes - Page 85

There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West (1995). “This Side of Paradise”, p.170, Cambridge University Press

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

Evelyn Waugh (1968). “A Handful of Dust: Decline and Fall”

The mystic lives and looks; and speaks the disconcerting language of first-hand experience.

Evelyn Underhill (2002). “Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness”, p.24, Courier Corporation

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.

"Elon Musk’s Mission To Mars". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.wired.com. October 21, 2012.

Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.

Edmund Burke (1804). “Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with characters, from the works of ... Edmund Burke”, p.53

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage.

"Demian Bichir Talks A BETTER LIFE, Chris Weitz, Auditioning for TWILIGHT: NEW MOON, and More at SBIFF". Interview, collider.com. February 5, 2012.