A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. Votes: 1
Eleanor RooseveltI never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. Votes: 1
Jackie ChanDo you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? Votes: 1
Prince CharlesFriendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. Votes: 4 Herman Melville
I had my first kiss when I was 11, but I think I've blocked it out of my mind because it was so bad. I'm not even sure it counts as a kiss. Votes: 1 Niall Horan
Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first. Votes: 1 Hulk Hogan
Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first. Votes: 1 Hulk Hogan
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. Votes: 1 Joseph Story
The goal seems to me at times just to be business first. Votes: 4 Laura Linney
If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone. Votes: 1 Lenny Bruce
I was born in Belgium on 6 November 1932. I am married to Mira Nikomarow and have five children: Michele, Anne, Georges, from a first marriage with Esther Dujardin, and Sarah, Helene from a second one with Danielle Vindal. Votes: 1 Francois Englert
I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines. Votes: 1 Chris Lowell
When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first. Votes: 4 Ken Norton
My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys. Votes: 2 Bobby Darin
I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is. Votes: 7 Jamie Lee Curtis
The first rappers I ever got into were Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Those are the guys. Those are the dudes that flipped my wig. Votes: 2 Action Bronson
Take some time to learn first aid and CPR. It saves lives, and it works. Votes: 4 Bobby Sherman
In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR. Votes: 1 Bobby Sherman
I was always accused of being too stiff. In 1974, when I ran my first primary race for state rep, I was chief aide to the speaker of the House, I knew the issues and understood state government. But what I found out the hard way is that you can know all the ins and outs but people want to know you, your family. Votes: 1 Jim Edgar
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem. Votes: 6 Michael Chabon
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on. Votes: 2 Floyd Abrams
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Votes: 4 Charles Simmons
Our first and last love is self-love. Votes: 3 Christian Nestell Bovee
I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage. Votes: 5 Molly Harper
When I was a young actor, in my first apartment, the first thing I bought was a Steinway piano. There was no bed at first. I slept on the floor. Votes: 4 Maximilian Schell
Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many. Votes: 2 Phaedrus
Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested. Votes: 5 Richard Branson
Thinking about women who can't have their own baby, even the first baby, I'm really lucky. Votes: 6 Bethenny Frankel
I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level. Votes: 4 Rafael Palmeiro
My first crush was my brother's best friend. Votes: 1 Jennifer Armentrout
I think there's something about the homemade birthday cake, because my wife, on my daughter's first birthday, started the tradition where she takes a full cake and cuts the number birthday out of it. Votes: 6 Willie Geist
I think there's something about the homemade birthday cake, because my wife, on my daughter's first birthday, started the tradition where she takes a full cake and cuts the number birthday out of it. Votes: 1 Willie Geist
For my 23rd birthday, I received a nylon string guitar. I told myself that if I could play Eric Clapton's 'Tears In Heaven,' then I could play the guitar. I practised every chance I got, driving my housemates insane, until several weeks later I had a shaky version of the song down. I wrote my first song on the guitar a few weeks after that. Votes: 1 Neil Jackson
The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president. Votes: 3 Tina Brown
I was going to play in First Blood, but I suggested to changing it and I dropped out. I said to [Silvester] Stallone, 'You know, I almost stopped you from making millions of dollars,' because in my suggestion, I killed his character at the end of the picture . Votes: 4 Kirk Douglas
You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born. Votes: 4 Raymond E. Feist
When you've lost a baby, everyone around you expects you to be fine once the new baby is born, as though that somehow takes away the pain of losing the first child. I needed to express how wrong that was. Votes: 1 Elizabeth McCracken
You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born. Votes: 3 Raymond E. Feist
When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years. Votes: 1 Sean Maher
A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark. Votes: 1 Boris Becker
I'm sure that when my daughter will bring home her first boyfriend, I'll be so intimidating that he'll run away, but embarrassing as well, just to have a bit of fun. Votes: 5 Robbie Williams
When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up. Votes: 1 Matt Cameron
The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop. Votes: 4 John Updike
I lived in New York for a long time. Right after college I went there. So I got my first cell phone in New York. Back when you would flip the phone up. Way back when. Votes: 3 Stephanie Beatriz
There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance. Votes: 4 Kate Smith
After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped. Votes: 4 Kenzaburo Oe
You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born. Votes: 1 Raymond E. Feist
While war is never anyone first choice, sometimes it is a necessary choice. Votes: 5 Gresham Barrett
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. Votes: 1 Queen Elizabeth II
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class. Votes: 4 Phil Collins
If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class. Votes: 2 Ray Floyd
Can there be anything more sad than a girl dying on the day of her first communion, in her new dress. A little bride of death... Votes: 4 Georges Rodenbach
I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist. Votes: 4 Gary William Flake
So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there. Votes: 6 Evan Parker
I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are. Votes: 6 Elisabeth Shue
I did meet 'The Everly Brothers' once, and we talked for awhile. Then we figured out we were first cousins! My late mother was the sister of Don and Phil's father, Ike Everly. Votes: 3 James Best
Save yourself a great deal of time, energy, and money by first creating lots of content for free. Votes: 3 Ken Poirot
My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn't get any better than Spock. Votes: 2 Selma Blair
War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other. Votes: 3 Edward Abbey
I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page. Votes: 1 H. G. Bissinger
At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course outside of university. So I was at school all day writing, and in the evenings I'd go to drama school. So it was nonstop. Votes: 1 Penelope Mitchell
For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends. Votes: 1 Vikas Swarup
The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold. Votes: 1 June Allyson
Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends. Votes: 3 Mitchell Zuckoff
The first day, week and month of an employee's experience carries a lasting impression. Votes: 2 Scott Weiss
Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run. Votes: 1 James Stockdale
An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again. Votes: 6 John C. Reilly
According to Ted Watt's 'The First Labor Day Parade,' the September date was chosen because it coincided with a Knights of Labor conference in New York, thus guaranteeing a sizable turnout for the festivities. Votes: 1 Brendan I. Koerner
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. Votes: 2 Henry Van Dyke
My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother. Votes: 4 Laura Dern
Good first drafts and speedy responses to consumer dialog will always trump lawyered corporate speak. Votes: 4 John Battelle
My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges. Votes: 3 Max Lucado
Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?' Votes: 4 Alfred Schnittke
When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll. Votes: 3 Art Garfunkel
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. Votes: 1 Herman Melville
I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?' Votes: 3 Scott Thompson
A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration. Votes: 1 Michelle Forbes
The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game. Votes: 4 Tony Romo
I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college. Votes: 1 Freeman A. Hrabowski III
When I was 16 or 17, I remember kissing one of my first girlfriends, Kim Anderson, under a stairwell at Disneyland. I'll never forget that feeling. Votes: 4 John Stamos
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give to full professors, this one act alone would revitalize the nation's schools. Votes: 3 Ernest L. Boyer
It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me. Votes: 3 Brandy Norwood
When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice. Votes: 1 Dan Shechtman
Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.' Votes: 1 Joan Ganz Cooney
I put the copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk, and I began to write. The result, for better or for worse, is the 'Christmas Spirits.' I plan to read it to my grandson. Votes: 1 Whitley Strieber
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. Votes: 1 Gerard Way
It's nice to witness these discoveries at first hand. Votes: 4 Michael Aspel
I have learned from first hand experience that war is the destroyer of everything that is good in the world, it turns our young into soulless killers and we tell them that they are heroes when they master the 'art' of killing. Votes: 3 Kevin Benderman
Heartbreak is essential. We grow, evolve, and learn about the most beautiful thing ever: Love! My first heartbreak taught me that love is supposed to ADD beauty and happiness to my already love-filled life! Votes: 3 Zulay Henao
I was born and raised Catholic, so it's in my blood. I don't go to church... I was born and raised Catholic, which is about the extent of my religion. My parents made one request: that I have my first Holy Communion. Votes: 1 Tom Araya
I am the first to admit my iPad is the coolest thing in the world, but when we can be in a room together and really connect, or leave the gadgets home and go for a hike, then I'm happy. Votes: 1 Michael Chiklis
For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression. Votes: 9 Billy Zane
First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes. Votes: 2 Elliott Abrams
I wanted to give my first instincts a chance without shooting them down immediately, which I sometimes do. Votes: 3 Mark Kozelek
Our first journey is to find that special place for us. Votes: 3 Florence Nightingale
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. Votes: 4 Eduardo Galeano
First ladies are doing a lot. But the job remains undefined, frequently misunderstood, and subject to political attacks far nastier in some ways than those any President has ever faced. Votes: 3 Margaret Truman Daniel
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging. Votes: 4 Denis Healey
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. Votes: 4 Thomas Sowell
I am such a sap when it comes to love! I believe in love at first sight all the way. But that's just the way it happened to me with my relationships. I love the idea of two people looking at each other and electricity flying around them; it's so romantic, and it's a great feeling. Votes: 3 Kim Barnouin
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along. Votes: 4 Rumi
How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell. Votes: 1 S. E. Hinton
When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or death or love, obviously it's going to seem like a much bigger deal. Votes: 1 Conor Oberst
They say that your first love never dies. You can put out the flames, but not the fire. Votes: 3 Bonnie Tyler
We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do. Votes: 3 Meg Cabot
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. Votes: 1 George Gissing
Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship. Votes: 1 Helen Fisher
In America, celebrities who go to see your show will come backstage and introduce themselves. Meeting Annette Bening and Ethan Hawke that way was amazing, but when Tom Hanks came, it was really special - I've loved him since I first saw him in 'Big!' Votes: 1 Tom Riley
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. Votes: 1 Rosa DeLauro
My first name is a boy's name. It's Tanner. I've always gone by my middle name but, yeah, my first name is Tanner. And King is my mom's last name. I took my mom's last name since I was 18. Votes: 4 Elle King
Specifically, in Canada, the First Nations are often overlooked in pop culture or in general, and when things are reported about our First Nations, it's often negative things - about the hardships they face and what-not. Votes: 1 Jeff Lemire
Geekiness is that feeling of overwhelming passion for that thing in life that you focus on. Whether it be a nephew's first few steps or the timbre in one's voice when discussing the latest Cohen brothers film. Votes: 1 Harry Knowles
She turned so they were face-to-face and gave him back the words he'd offered her their first night together: "I survived. Isn't that what matters? Votes: 3 Melissa Marr
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. Votes: 3 Saint Francis de Sales
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. Votes: 1 Mark Twain
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. Votes: 2 Theresa May
Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous. Votes: 3 Junipero Serra
We're well past the end of the century when time, for the first time, curved, bent, slipped, flash forwarded, and flashed back yet still kept rolling along. We know it all now, with our thoughts traveling at the speed of a tweet, our 140 characters in search of a paragraph. We're post-history. We're post-mystery. Votes: 1 Ali Smith
Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well? Votes: 4 Kenneth Rexroth
I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before. Votes: 4 Tamora Pierce
All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension. Votes: 1 Raina Telgemeier
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. Votes: 1 Aminatta Forna
Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies. Votes: 2 Joseph Barbera
My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything. Votes: 1 Barbra Streisand
When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third. Votes: 4 Rita Rudner
[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--' [Opal] 'Was?' [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here. Votes: 3 Maria V. Snyder
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. Votes: 5 Elon Musk
How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made~? Votes: 3 Dan Savage
There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. Votes: 2 Don DeLillo
Undoubtedly, in the most brilliant successes, the first rank is always sacrificed. Votes: 5 Henry David Thoreau
The first reactions from Germany and German industry was quite negative. People right from the start were saying that we will steal technology and take it away and move the plant to India and use low cheap labor to compete. Votes: 4 Baba Kalyani
When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love. Votes: 3 Aleksa Palladino
My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing. Votes: 3 Paul Theroux
We all develop relationships with each other based on our first relationships, and then how we experience them. But inevitably they are echoes of earlier on. In my belief. Votes: 3 Jake Gyllenhaal
Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals. Votes: 4 Christopher Dodd
Women are the first witnesses to the resurrection and pillars of the early church. Votes: 1 John Ortberg
With regard to robots, in the early days of robots people said, 'Oh, let's build a robot' and what's the first thought? You make a robot look like a human and do human things. That's so 1950s. We are so past that. Votes: 1 Neil deGrasse Tyson
Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. Votes: 1 Oscar Wilde
I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week. Votes: 3 John D. Rockefeller
Memory has always fascinated me. Think of it. You can recall at will your first day in high school, your first date, your first love. Votes: 2 Eric Kandel
My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War. Votes: 1 Clint Eastwood
Cricket is my passion; it is my first love. So I will not act in my movies, as they will just be a side business for me. Votes: 1 Harbhajan Singh
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. Votes: 4 Herman Melville
Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered. Votes: 5 Candace Bushnell
I worked so much when my first son was born that I missed a lot. Votes: 4 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Votes: 2 Martin Luther King, Jr.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Votes: 2 Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships. Votes: 4 Andy Warhol
Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee. Votes: 3 Thomas Watson, Jr.
Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee. Votes: 3 Thomas Watson, Jr.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Votes: 4 Stephen Covey
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Votes: 4 Herb Caen
A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad. Votes: 2 Lenny Kravitz
I love having first-time experiences. When you're past the age of 20 or so, there are less and less first-time experiences. Votes: 2 Justine Bateman
The first time I heard Sam Cooke was in the 'Malcom X' film. I was with my father, and that's the first time I heard his song. I remember my father telling me the story of Sam Cooke. Votes: 2 Leon Bridges
Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything. Votes: 5 John Roberts
That deepest thing, that recognition, that knowledge, that sense of kinship began the first time I saw you,and it is the same now - only a thousand times deeper and tenderer. I shall love you to eternity. I loved you long before we met in this flesh. I knew that when I first saw you. It was destiny. We are together like this and nothing can shake us apart. Votes: 3 Khalil Gibran
Anna Wintour has a reputation - she can be very intimidating - but that day [Valentino show] she was just smiling and laughing. That was my first time meeting her, and she seemed like she was having a great time. Everybody was enjoying themselves. Votes: 3 Owen Wilson
I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time. Votes: 2 Nate Berkus
Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? Votes: 2 Robert Downey, Jr.
I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true. Votes: 1 David Mackay
The rise of the Tea Party, along with the emergence of Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Carl Paladino in New York and Ron Paul in Kentucky, is not the first time in American history that voters have responded to hard economic times by supporting angry, unorthodox Senate and gubernatorial candidates. Votes: 3 Robert Dallek
From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other. Votes: 4 Kristin Hannah
Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act. Votes: 2 Dennis Quaid
Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England. Votes: 2 Muhammad Ali
Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth. Votes: 1 Gene Fowler
Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music. Votes: 3 Ezra Koenig
I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find. Votes: 1 Ferran Adria
When I was 19, I celebrated my first Valentine's Day while being in a relationship. I was so excited, but didn't know what the rules were. What should I get him, or was I even supposed to get him something? Votes: 1 Carly Craig
I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day. Votes: 1 Cobi Jones
My first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea, and my eyes are the color of water. Votes: 3 Anais Nin
My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in my time. Votes: 4 Robert Winston
For my first week as a new boy at Radley College, back in the summer of 1979, I was followed around by a film crew. Votes: 1 James Lovegrove
I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels. Votes: 1 Lauren Willig
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. Votes: 4 Gore Vidal
Benefitting from a job bubble is not only a first world problem, it's an upper-class-educated-lucky-to-be-in-the-right-industry-at-the-right-time kind of first world problem. Votes: 1 Sarah Lacy
After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed. Votes: 6 John Boyd Orr
I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record. Votes: 1 Adrian Belew
I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills. Votes: 2 Harley Viera-Newton
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play. Votes: 1 Zoe Kazan
The first year of marriage is like wet cement - the impressions made in it are much harder to change once it has set. Votes: 2 Robert Wolgemuth
Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage. Votes: 1 Mem Fox
I started D.J.-ing my first year of college just for fun and to pay bills. Votes: 3 Harley Viera-Newton
Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage. Votes: 2 Mem Fox
When David Arquette and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early. Votes: 3 Courteney Cox
I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry. Votes: 1 Roald Hoffmann
I remember reading Paul Fussell my first year teaching at U of Hawai'i and being like, oh, it has a turn! Why didn't anyone tell me? Votes: 3 Juliana Spahr
I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year. Votes: 1 Vance Joy
In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens. Votes: 1 Michel Faber
Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company. Votes: 2 Anne M. Mulcahy
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century. Votes: 2 Satyajit Ray
Sometimes shutting off the sound on the television can allow you to actually watch the game and take it in in an entirely different and more direct way - a first-order, first-person experience - rather than filtered through the mind of another. Votes: 2 Jon Kabat-Zinn
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. Votes: 2 F. Scott Fitzgerald
Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? Votes: 2 Robert Downey, Jr.
I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head. Votes: 1 Tony Oliva
But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. Votes: 3 Meb Keflezighi
My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes. We delivered a morning paper called the 'L.A. Examiner.' Get up at 4 o'clock, fold your papers, deliver them and get ready for school. Votes: 3 John Paul DeJoria
God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man. Votes: 2 Manny Pacquiao
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. Votes: 3 Michael Chang
The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from the building, before the buildings fell down. He was trapped in the fire, and decided to jump and take his own life, rather than being burned. Votes: 1 Richard Drew
Keep God first, chase your dreams, and everything will pay off. Votes: 2 Jacob Latimore
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. Votes: 1 Remy de Gourmont
In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms. Votes: 1 Jane Harman
I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems. Votes: 4 Keanu Reeves
You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else. Votes: 7 Jennifer Lopez
I might screw up, I might embarrass you, I might yell at you, but I will never, ever stop loving you. You're my first born. The first time I held you... I fell in love so hard it cracked my bones. Votes: 3 Kristin Hannah
I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims. Votes: 4 Gio Gonzalez
I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages. Votes: 4 Damon Wayans
I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss. Votes: 2 Maureen O'Hara
When I first played at the Apollo, the owner didn't even know who Sharon Jones was. The Apollo had never seen so many white people coming uptown. Votes: 1 Sharon Jones
For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first. Votes: 3 Lily James
Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001. Votes: 1 Mike Rogers
I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage. Votes: 3 Molly Harper
The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home as newlyweds in 1957, when I was still a law student at Laval University in Quebec City. Votes: 3 Jean Chretien
How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. Votes: 3 William Butler Yeats
We had our first meeting yesterday, and we just laughed all the way through, so if we can bottle that, then I'll be happy. We just get on, and that's half the battle. Votes: 3 Allan Carr
The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature, was, the fall of our first parents. Votes: 3 George Whitefield
Where I once believed people were there to be used, I started thinking of other people first. Votes: 3 Josh McDowell
I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?' Votes: 3 Jennie Finch
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Votes: 4 Stephen Covey
Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me. Votes: 5 Denzel Washington
When it comes to our everyday habits, it's important to ask: 'Am I putting God first?' Votes: 1 Joyce Meyer
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!' Votes: 1 Conan O'Brien
The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have. Votes: 3 Christopher Reeve
I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship. Votes: 1 Sophie Kinsella
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw Votes: 3 Stephen Covey
I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center. Votes: 2 Anna Camp
There is no difference in who started to study first; the one who achieves accomplishment is first. Votes: 3 Yip Man
I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie. Votes: 1 Mike Myers
I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text. Votes: 1 Mal Peet
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Votes: 4 Martin Luther King, Jr.
As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald's. Since then, I've held jobs a diverse as selling used cars, selling apparel, cosmetics, and real-estate, substitute-teaching six graders, teaching undergraduate creative writing, and working as an editorial assistant for a literary magazine. Votes: 1 Therese Fowler
I worked so hard for that first kiss, and a heart don't forget. Votes: 3 Tim McGraw
The first amendment makes it clear that we are free to practice religion without government interference. The Constitution also establishes the separation of church and state so that the laws we live by our never guided by religious zeal. Votes: 3 Roxane Gay
I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. Votes: 2 Gordon Ramsay
It is very normal for people on the ground to look at somebody apparently walking in midair and thinking first that person is crazy and thinking secondly that person risks his or her life. Votes: 4 Philippe Petit
When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews. Votes: 1 S. Ansky
If miracles represent prophecy, we must have more prophets in twenty first century than the entire human history. Votes: 3 M.F. Moonzajer
By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more. Votes: 4 Andrew Ross Sorkin
I know we can fix our problems. When there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do than they worry about winning reelection, it is possible to work together, achieve principal compromise, and get results for the people who give us these jobs in the first place. Votes: 1 Chris Christie
I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand. Votes: 2 John Irving
Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops! Votes: 3 Marc Anthony