Firsts Quotes - Page 326

But Vegas is really my first home.

I was so besotted with '8½' that, when it was on TV, I used to take pictures with my 35-mm. camera of the frames of the film. That was the first time I'd ever really seen Italians on screen.

The Sopranos was the first show about the life of the writer. I never made any secret about the fact that it was about my mother.

Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first.

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

Would [Betsy DeVos] be my first pick? No. Is she someone who has dedicated her life to education policy? Yes, actually, she has.

Why should we ever continue anything if the first parts are the best?

Maybe the most provocative thing one can do - and I'm not the first one to do it - is to ask the moral and philosophical question: why are some people better than others? Why are some people more moral than others?

We can't really understand just how wonderful Heaven will be unless we first know how wonderful each of us will be when we get there.

My first influence obviously was Picasso.

As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.

The worst part of directing is always seeing the first assembly. It's devastating. It really is. It's like going into the delivery room and you can't wait to see your baby, and it's a crocodile.

Remember to be yourself and remember throughout everything why you first wanted to do this.

The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver The Gettysburg Address felt.

We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place.

I just don't want to forget this first day of the rest of my life!

One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd.

First time I kissed you, I lost my legs.

When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list.

When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was in front of me.

Sir,” James asked, “what are we going to do?” “We’re going to look for water,” said Alf. “And food?” said Tubby Ted. “Water first,” said Alf. “We can go days without food.” “We can what?” Tubby Ted shouted.

Rembrandt's first name was Beauregard, which is why he never used it.

If you ask any driver about their first trip to New York, it's always crazy.

I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.

For the first time in my life, I was in a shoot-out. A real, honest-to-goodness shoot-out with a bad guy. And, apparently, we both sucked.