Quotes about firsts
firsts lawyer refuge
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. Aaron Allston
firsts breakfast duty
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going. Abbie Hoffman
firsts exciting first-time
The first time you do a thing is always exciting. Agatha Christie
firsts different provocative
Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. Adrian Mitchell
firsts leper
I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured. Adrian Mitchell
firsts albums hard
When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things. Adam Ant
firsts principles kind
In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. Alexander Hamilton
firsts debt pay
Pay off your debt first. Freedom from debt is worth more than any amount you can earn. Mark Cuban
firsts saws concerts
The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler. Dar Williams
firsts permission asks
Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission. Cormac McCarthy
firsts remember first-time
He didn't say a lot so I tend to remember what he did say. And I don't remember that he had a lot of patience with havin to say things twice so I learned to listen the first time. Cormac McCarthy
firsts steps lasts
He realized that he had thought only about the first step, never imagined the last. Colum McCann
firsts apologizing easier
It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place. Clifford Stoll
firsts chance should
I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all. Dwight Gooden
firsts creation fountain
Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance. Coventry Patmore
firsts wealth-creation investing
Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth. James Altucher
firsts young-writers magazines
Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there. Robert Morgan
firsts thirds designated-hitter
Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters. George Brett
firsts answers make-sense
That is the first thing I know for sure: (1.) If the questions don't make sense, neither will the answers. Kurt Vonnegut
firsts born
I never asked to be born in the first place. Kurt Vonnegut
firsts judgment born
Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place. Kurt Vonnegut
firsts want break
If you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar. Kurt Vonnegut
firsts jew
Which are you first, a Jew or an American? A Jew. David Ben-Gurion
firsts done demon
Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon. Dave Sim
firsts steps want
Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. David Whyte
firsts clear-conscience conditions
The first condition of happiness is a clear conscience. David O. McKay
firsts speech first-amendment
The first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both. David Mamet
firsts would-be said
From the very first, I knew that it would be so...I smiled to myself, and said, "That -- and none other. Daphne du Maurier
firsts oneself
When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it. Dogen
firsts socialism mass
The first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism. Ludwig von Mises
firsts knows
Don't invest in what you don't know. Learn first then invest. Robert Kiyosaki
firsts cry enough
Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough! William Shakespeare
firsts taught should
I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered. William Shakespeare