Firsts Quotes - Page 96

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community

Modern Anarcho-Syndicalism is a direct continuation of those social aspirations which took shape in the bosom of the First International and which were best understood and most strongly held by the libertarian wing of the great workers' alliance.

Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow.

Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.

The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work.

What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me!

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

First, in order to build a business, you have to be able to sell because Sales = Income. When income is lacking, it's usually because the owner doesn't like to, doesn't know how to, or is simply reluctant to sell. Without sales, however, you have no income.

Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.

I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.

What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.

Understand--it ALWAYS makes sense. Sense can't be avoided. If it first seems to be non-sense, wait: roots will reveal themselves.

DNA is ROM. It can be read millions of times over, but only written to once - when it is first assembled the birth of the cell in which it resides.

I am now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first request for my resignation. I look forward to many more.

He learned about life at sixteen, first from Dostoevsky and then from the whores of New Orleans.

Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said.

Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.

If at first you don't succeed, that's one data point.

You’re not the one having a hard time in the battlefield. The enemy’s also having a hard time—the only question is who breaks down first.

The first genocide of the 21st century was against you, the Armenian people.

I don't believe in open relationships. If you want to be with someone else, you shouldn't be in a relationship in the first place.

If at first you don't succeed, have a cup of tea.

When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck.

If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.

I have to say I have the most experience. I'm a veteran when it comes to that, [my brothers] they're still learning. They have lots of potential. They're like first-round picks right now in the game, they still have to develop.