Quotes about firsts
firsts goodness reverence
The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence. George Eliot
firsts taught twelve
But Christ's lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself. Geoffrey Chaucer
firsts second-place
There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing. Gabe Paul
firsts culture valve
The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new hires is, 'You have to change something in the handbook.' Gabe Newell
firsts goes-on truth-is
The truth is that the first changes are so slow they pass almost unnoticed, and you go on seeing yourself as you always were, from the inside, but others observe you from the outside. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
firsts process wells
First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. George J. Mitchell
firsts
He that riseth first, is first drest. George Herbert
firsts photographer forget
Forget about the profession of being a photographer. First be a photographer and maybe the profession will come after. Christopher Anderson
firsts hundred first-time
There are often some hundred times, a thousand times, before you can really see it for the first time. Christian Morgenstern
firsts done cafes
I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left. Chris LeDoux
firsts camps shameful
But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful. George Takei
firsts loser second-place
Second place is really the first loser. George Steinbrenner
firsts blame oneself
One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others. Fyodor Dostoevsky
firsts chance stranger
There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.
firsts comfort cliche
First things first has always been my motto, mostly because it makes absolutely no sense - after all, if first things were second or third, they wouldn't be first things, would they? Still, cliches exist to comfort the feeble minded, not to provide any actual meaning. Jeff Lindsay
firsts cards students
My report card always said, 'Jim finishes first and then disrupts the other students'. Jim Carrey
firsts succeed loser
If at first you don't succeed, see if there is a prize for the losers. Jerry Lawler
firsts principles emotion
emotion is first of all and in principle an accident Jean-Paul Sartre
firsts appearance weak
Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak. Georges Bernanos
firsts deceiving cheat
Conceit and confidence are both of them cheats; the first always imposes on itself, the second frequently deceives others too. George Zimmerman
firsts taste good-taste
Good taste consists first upon fitness. George William Curtis
firsts persons areas
The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously. Georges Bataille
firsts stories accepted
Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' George Saunders
firsts speak
...smile first, then speak.
firsts tickets birth
Birth is life's first lottery ticket. Jeffrey Archer
firsts lasts gym
If you're not first, you're last.
firsts faces tyranny
The face of tyranny Is always mild at first. Jean Racine
firsts answers marry-me
Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first. Groucho Marx
firsts needs moses
No one needs a first edition. Whoever wrote it; even if it was Moses. Graham Joyce
firsts social barbarism
It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others.
firsts towns hottest
Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck. Gregory Peck
firsts theory crank
(Crank theories) always violated the first rule of a scientific model: they were uncheckable. Gregory Benford
firsts energy lost
We shall never recover the true apostolic energy, and be endued with power from on high, as the first disciples were, 'till we recover the lost faith. Horace Bushnell