Quotes about First

Werner Heisenberg

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass[,] God is waiting for you.

This quotation is familiar, but there is a question concerning its veracity and source. It does not appear in Heisenberg's written works, but it is cited by Ulrick Hildebrand in 'Das Univerzum - Hinweis auf Gott?' in 'Ethos. Die Zeitschrift fur die Ganze Familie', Berneck, Schweiz: Schwengeler Verlag AG, No 10, Oktober 1988, 10

Nicholas Klein

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Often attributed to others including Gandhi, this statement appears to be first uttered by trade unionist Nicholas Klein in a speech given to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1918.

Charles Dickens

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

Lothar Matthaus

I'm proud I was first to be named World Player of the Year, in 1991.

Nik Wallenda

This is something no one in the world has ever done.

Roy Orbison

Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.

William F. Buckley Jr.

I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty.

Ghazi Hamad

We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa Flood [the Hamas October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel] is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth, because we have the determination, the resolve, and the capabilities to fight. Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are ready to pay it. We are called a nation of martyrs, and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs.

October 24, 2023 statement by Palestinian Ghazi Hamad, a member of the Hamas Politburo on LBC TV (Lebanon). Approximately 80 percent of people in Lebanon support Hamas’s October 7 attack in southern Israel, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by the terror group, according to a new poll published October 30, 2023 by the Al-Akhbar daily, a Lebanese newspaper. https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-of-people-in-lebanon-support-hamass-oct-7-massacres-in-israel-poll-finds/

Enheduanna

What I have done here no one has done before.

The quotation refers to compiling religious texts and adding her own to the compilation. There is another unique characteristic of this work. It is the first in human history to have a named author. Previous written works did not designate an author.

Hillary Clinton

Every intelligence agency has contacts with unsavory characters. I don’t think you would get any denial from … the CIA that people in their … organization have contacts with members of groups that have different agendas from the government. But that doesn’t mean that that they are being directed or being approved or otherwise given a seal of approval.

While that is often true, there have been some cases in American espionage history where the CIA did vouch for and employ and bring into the United States war criminals and even agents who had murdered and tortured innocent Americans. See {633240} for one such example.

Bobby Bones

The radio show is absolutely the most important thing. It always comes first.

Anna Wintour

I think it would be incredible for this country if we could have our first woman president.

Willy Caballero

Life is the most important. Always.

Bill Gates

The first step to learning something new is embracing what you don’t know, instead of focusing on what you do know.

Dean Kamen

Inspiration comes from the heart. The letter ‘I’ is the heart of F”I”RST… (F Inspiration R S T).

Charlaine Harris

I want to be first. I know that’s selfish, and maybe unattainable, and maybe shallow. But I just want to come first with someone. If that’s wrong of me, so be it. I’ll be wrong. But that’s the way I feel.” (Sookie Stackhouse)