Firsts Quotes - Page 98

Keeping one's guests supplied with liquor is the first law of hospitality.

Every adviser told me to study the company, learn the business for the first 90 days and don't make any decisions. I couldn't resist seeing broken things and immediately taking action.

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.

In order to change your life outside, you must first change inside

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

Put God first in your life, and you will live joyfully!

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.

First know yourself, then you will begin to understand why things are as they are, and why life is as it is.

Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are a grid of seconds; even our pulses oblige. No succeeding king can hope to hold this kind of power.

The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

Art is life, life is art - the question is what came first?

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'

I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win.

First and foremost, I married for love. I can't believe I even have to defend this.

There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.

The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.

I shall state my thesis plain. The first poets were gods. Poetry began with the bicameral mind.

The First Amendment means everything to me.

Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you was the first thing that hit my head. Good morning my darling.

It seems to me that liberal and humane people, of whom there are many among us, would, if they were asked to rank the vices, put cruelty first. Intuitively they would choose cruelty as the worst thing we do.

To show the potentialities of a brighter future we must first resuscitate the visions of a better past.