"'Shrek 2' made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him."
Read quote
10 likes
Firsts quotes
Firsts
8.8K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Firsts
Browse quotes that often appear alongside firsts — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Firsts quotes (page 31 of 439)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily."
Read quote
10 likes
"The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done."
Read quote
10 likes
"Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true."
Read quote
10 likes
"The most important step of all is the first step. Start something."
Read quote
10 likes
"Grand telegraphic discovery today … Transmitted vocal sounds for the first time ... With some further modification I hope we may be enabled to distinguish … the “timbre” of the sound. Should this be so, conversation viva voce by telegraph will be a fait accompli."
Read quote
10 likes
"In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first."
Read quote
10 likes
"One must require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason."
Read quote
10 likes
"I look forward to my first visit to Israel. Music is a universal language that is meant to unify audiences in peace and love, and that is the spirit of our show."
Read quote
10 likes
"Spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst But you got to change it On the inside first To be satisfied"
Read quote
10 likes
"I am the first to be surprised and often terrified by the images that I see appear on my canvas."
Read quote
10 likes
"You have first to experience what you want to express."
Read quote
10 likes
"He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first."
Read quote
10 likes
"First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject."
Read quote
10 likes
"First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead."
Read quote
10 likes
"A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time."
Read quote
10 likes
"What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough."
Read quote
10 likes
"The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket."
Read quote
10 likes
"Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education."
Read quote
10 likes
"As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out by St. Augustine. When asked: What did God do before he created the universe? Augustine didn't reply: He was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions. Instead, he said that time was a property of the universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the universe."
Read quote
10 likes