Quotes about firsts
firsts comfort contemptuous
I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first. E. F. Schumacher
firsts structure tension
I actually find something rewarding about that tension between satisfying myself and satisfying others. Because first of all, I can't provide my own structure, and that tension provides a structure for me to actually work within. Andy Richter
firsts thongs screwed-up
When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up. Albert Brooks
firsts murder habit
... habit starts at the second crime. At the first one, something is ending. Albert Camus
firsts culture dictatorship
The first concern of any dictatorship is, consequently, to subjugate both labor and culture.
firsts extroverts introvert
When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both. Annie Dillard
firsts steps common
They wanted genuine intimacy, but they could not get even normally near to anyone, because they scorned to take the first steps, they scorned the triviality which forms common human intercourse. D. H. Lawrence
firsts groups deals
Now so many really good groups who have had a first major hit can't get a deal for a second one. Crystal Gayle
firsts innocence film
Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. Daniel Day-Lewis
firsts merit dignity
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. Alexander Pope
firsts chickens
What came first the chicken or the dickhead? Alex Turner
firsts justification missiles
The missiles come first, and the justifications come second. E. P. Thompson
firsts recollection
My first recollection is that of a bugle call. Douglas MacArthur
firsts twenties century
If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism. Douglas Rushkoff
firsts rough-drafts journalism
Journalism is the first rough draft of history Donald E. Graham
firsts connected
How can you be alienated without first having been connected? Donald Barthelme
firsts enjoy wells
Well chaps first I'd like to say a few vile things more or less at random, not only because it is expected of me but also because I enjoy it.
firsts fool dialogue
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
firsts fit capacity
My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first Douglas Adams
firsts said first-time
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.
firsts way remember
Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head. Donald Knuth
firsts facts problem
Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner. Dale Carnegie
firsts life-is drains
I've got life for a subject because as life starts to drain away, you start seeing very clearly what life is, for the first time. Clive James
firsts steps creation
To destroy is always the first step in any creation. e. e. cummings
firsts persons first-person
I actually am always a music first person Duncan Sheik
firsts way young
...you spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Rules change along the way. The first things to go are those things you thought were eternal. Douglas Coupland
firsts
Act first, explain later. Dan Brown
firsts serious rough
I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough. David Bailey
firsts influence
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
firsts innocence villain
It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad. Daryl Hannah
firsts remember
Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead. Davy Crockett
firsts individual embrace
Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally. Coretta Scott King
firsts individual nonviolence
nonviolence first changes the individual.