Quotes about firsts
firsts facts realizing
There are few things more disconcerting than realizing the first date you thought went so well was in fact a dud. Mallory Ortberg
firsts
First you imitate, then you innovate. Miles Davis
firsts noise music-is
The first condition for making music is not to make a noise. Jose Bergamin
firsts musician painter
I'm a painter first, and a musician second. Joni Mitchell
firsts reason persons
You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place. Jonathan Swift
firsts supreme
First of all, you are not really that supreme. Lupe Fiasco
firsts collaboration chance
An interviewer once asked me to discuss my collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, and precisely why I chose to work with him. My first thought was: How could I not work with Elmer, when I had the chance? Simply put, he's the best there is-the very best. Martin Scorsese
firsts young stills
I'm the first to admit that I'm still pretty young, Laura Marling
firsts honda harley
I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys. John Travolta
firsts forget money-and-power
If you are going into show business for money and power, forget it! It won't happen. You don't go for that first. John Travolta
firsts hollywood easy
I've ridden a bike since I was 18. It was the first transportation when I came to Hollywood because it was inexpensive and easy for me. John Travolta
firsts adultery breathe
The first breathe of adultery is the freest. John Updike
firsts adultery constraints
The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop. John Updike
firsts preaching written
Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written. John Selden
firsts twenties century
The twentieth century was about getting around. The twenty-first century will be about staying in a place worth staying in. James Howard Kunstler
firsts satanic lovers
Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows. James Salter
firsts needed wanted
First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead. Thomas A. Edison
firsts done first-time
To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second. Simon Bolivar
firsts remember thirds
You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there. Shelagh Delaney
firsts graduates grades
We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. Natalie Goldberg
firsts events stage
I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose. Svetlana khorkina
firsts violation conscience
Ignoring your conscience is the first violation of Truth. Suzy Kassem
firsts never-trust interpretation
Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter. Suzy Kassem
firsts accepting verify
Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary. Swami Vivekananda
firsts belief ifs
The first belief we must have if we're going to create change quickly is that we can change now. Tony Robbins
firsts first-things-first
Do first things first, and second things not at all. Peter Drucker
firsts want ifs
If you want to understand love, first learn about freedom. Paulo Coelho
firsts realizing trouble
Tribulation first makes one realize what one is. Marie Antoinette
firsts mastery made
A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague. Marianne Moore
firsts belief conviction
The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction-that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist-and before any science there is first of all belief. For me, it is belief in a complete lawfulness in everything that happens. Max Planck
firsts committed seasons
Everyone is just as committed and focused as they were the first season Matt LeBlanc
firsts awakening moments
First, we become aware of that which is Divine around us. Then we become aware of that which is Divine within us. Finally, we become aware that all is Divine, and that there is nothing else. This is the moment of our awakening. Neale Donald Walsch
firsts i-can
The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work. John Frankenheimer