Top firsts Quotes Collection

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Image of Calvin Trillin
Marriage is not merely sharing the fettucini, but sharing the burden of finding the fettucini restaurant in the first place.
- Calvin Trillin
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Image of Sakyong Mipham
True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.
- Sakyong Mipham
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Image of Joan Miro
When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.
- Joan Miro
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Image of Ho Chi Minh
You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first.
- Ho Chi Minh
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Image of Timothy B. Tyson
If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.
- Timothy B. Tyson
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Image of Richard John Neuhaus
The first thing to say about politics is that politics is not the first thing.
- Richard John Neuhaus
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Image of Michael Bloomberg
You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
- Michael Bloomberg
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Image of Mark Wahlberg
For me, family always comes first I would do anything to protect them.
- Mark Wahlberg
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Image of Josh Lanyon
I hadn't liked him at first. He did sort of grow on you after a while. Like the cosmopolitans. Or maybe because of the cosmopolitans.
- Josh Lanyon
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Image of N.D. Wilson
Do not fear the shadowy places. You will never be the first one there. Another went ahead and down until He came out the other side.
- N.D. Wilson
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Image of David Malouf
All the things we achieve are things we have first of all imagined.
- David Malouf
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Image of David Millar
I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.
- David Millar
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Image of Trudi Canavan
Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.
- Trudi Canavan
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Image of Susan Kay
And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first!
- Susan Kay
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Image of Charles F. Haanel
You must first have the knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do.
- Charles F. Haanel
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Image of Charles F. Haanel
To improve our conditions we must first improve ourselves.
- Charles F. Haanel
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Image of Barbara Mikulski
I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
- Barbara Mikulski
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Image of Sean M. Carroll
Nothing in the fact that there was a first moment in time necessitates that an external something is required to bring the universe about at that moment.
- Sean M. Carroll
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Image of Haile Selassie
You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow.
- Haile Selassie
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Image of Pete Rose
Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place.
- Pete Rose
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Image of William Gilmore Simms
Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without denying that it is a talent of itself, it will suffice if we admit that it supplies the place of many talents.
- William Gilmore Simms
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Image of Sun Ra
At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something
- Sun Ra
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Image of Mary Balogh
Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.
- Mary Balogh
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Image of Jacqueline Wilson
the first part was awesome the second part were gross but still amazing to me
- Jacqueline Wilson
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Image of Alethea Kontis
First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.
- Alethea Kontis
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Image of George Steinbrenner
Second place is really the first loser.
- George Steinbrenner
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Image of Robert James Waller
First you must have the images, then come the words.
- Robert James Waller
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Image of Florence Scovel Shinn
The first start toward success is to be glad you are yourself.
- Florence Scovel Shinn
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Image of George Saunders
...smile first, then speak.
- George Saunders
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Image of Maria Montessori
First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.
- Maria Montessori
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Image of Karuho Shiina
kazehaya-kun has given me a lot of FIRSTS
- Karuho Shiina
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Image of Billy Wilder
If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
- Billy Wilder
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Image of Michael Schumacher
First, you have to finish.
- Michael Schumacher
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Image of Aiden Wilson Tozer
Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves.
- Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Image of Barbara Tuchman
To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.
- Barbara Tuchman
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Image of Mary Ann Shaffer
The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways.
- Mary Ann Shaffer
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Image of Wim Wenders
Whoever came up first with that saying a picture is worth a thousand words didn't understand the first thing about either one.
- Wim Wenders
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Image of Akira Toriyama
Drunken Master (the first one). If I hadn't seen this movie, I would never have come up with Dragonball.
- Akira Toriyama
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Image of Marina Tsvetaeva
The one that burned the hottest is the first to die.
- Marina Tsvetaeva
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Image of John Wayne
A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.
- John Wayne
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Image of Jimmy Breslin
Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank.
- Jimmy Breslin
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Image of Duncan Sheik
I actually am always a music first person
- Duncan Sheik
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Image of André Aciman
Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
- André Aciman
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Image of Ilchi Lee
To take another breath, we must first exhale. When we have breathed out and emptied our lungs, we can breathe in again.
- Ilchi Lee
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Image of Roger Scruton
In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.
- Roger Scruton
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Image of James E. Talmage
Mortal birth is a boon to which only those spirits who kept their first estate are eligible.
- James E. Talmage
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Image of Carol Moseley Braun
It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.
- Carol Moseley Braun
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Image of Eliezer Yudkowsky
When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.
- Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Image of Chris Rock
When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative.
- Chris Rock
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