First Quotes

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Do I think I can take 20 carries now? Well, I think finally last week and this is week was probably the first time I could probably say, yeah, I could take 20 carries and go do some damage.

The thing that differs me from a lot of other people running for the President of the United States is that I focus on the problem first. Then I focus on what the solution is.

The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.

First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was a very little boy, and my father told me that when he was a boy about my age, he wanted to be an Episcopal priest, because he so admired his priest, a black man from someplace called Haiti.

There are only two classes - first class and no class.

He had written my mother once that he wanted her to be the first thing he saw every morning and the last thing he ever saw. And that's how it turned out.

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

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.

In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

Woody Allen likes to do a lot of master shots. He likes to get the whole thing in one take, and so you could be going along doing a scene, and then the next to last line, all of a sudden, you stumble, and you have to go back to first base.

Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?