First Quotes
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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Karl Marx -
It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
Mac Davis
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
Gamaliel Bailey -
I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Pride the first peer and president of hell.
Daniel Defoe -
When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
Beck -
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
Uzo Aduba -
First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
Barton Gellman
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Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!
Sonita Alizadeh -
Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
Gary Wolf -
It's often hard to remember that the personal computing era is still quite young. It only dates from 1977, with the arrival of the first mass-market PCs.
Walt Mossberg -
If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
L. E. Modesitt -
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
Eduard Shevardnadze -
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
Pat Metheny
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
Ted Nugent -
When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
Viktor Orban -
Our first gig we played as a three-piece, we got paid $15; I got $5. But I was 12 years old, and I never had $5 at one time before," he said. Their first earnings were a cause for a celebration, so the boys traveled to Tony's in Saginaw.
Bobby Balderrama Question Mark & the Mysterians -
My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
Damien Chazelle -
I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
Bebe Rexha
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
Samuel Alexander -
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
Earl Weaver -
I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
B. J. Novak -
I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
Usain Bolt