Firsts Quotes
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The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
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One cat just leads to another." [Letter from Finca Vigia, Cuba, to his first wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (1943).]
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We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she's getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it's working.
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That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.
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The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps
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How to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule: leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.
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Friends are the twenty-first-century version of extended families.
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Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.
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When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer.
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The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.
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O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
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The first thing to get clear about Christian morality between man and man is that in this department Christ did not come to teach any brand new morality. The Golden Rule of the New Testament (Do as you would be done by) is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right.
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I prefer to write first drafts as soon as possible after waking, so that the oneiric inscape is still present to me.
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I can't remember what my first script was.
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The first Matrix genius, the second one, what's up with the dancing? I haven't even seen the third one.
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Very often the music comes first.
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Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.
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Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty eyes.
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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
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There are only two pieces of pussy you're gonna get in your entire life, that's your first and your last.
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This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.
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The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time andeffort and patience; it can only be acquired by taking one step at a time, though the steps become accelerated after the first few.
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You want to be able to say anything when you do your first draft, because some of that goofy stuff that you think has nothing to do with it is probably where the mother lode is.
