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First Place Quotes

Reflections on why things started the way they did.

These first place quotes look back at original intentions, whether in education, history, or personal identity, asking why something happened the way it did to begin with. For related reflections, see our First collection.

Essence has been home for so many of us for so many years. I always say that Essence was the first place that I felt I was a pretty black girl.

Quotes by Nina Shaw

The first place I went in America was Boca Raton, and I thought it was awesome. It was spring break, and there were tons of young people and cute Americans in Speedos.

Quotes by Nina Agdal

Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world, it was the first place in which it was possible to assemble artifacts from around the world and...

Quotes by Neil MacGregor

I really do feel like I'm doing what the people that elected me in the first place wanted me to do. I'm not doing it in the same fashion they thought, or that I thought, when I ran for office...

Quotes by Mick Mulvaney

Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents is essentially to pass on the enthusiasm we had for the things we loved. That's how...

Quotes by Michael Morpurgo

When the kids were growing up, they learned to be independent. I told them, 'As long as you're doing something good, it's worth pursuing.' That's why I invested in them in the first place and gave them as much as...

Quotes by Maye Musk

My mother's sister married a man from Barbados, and my cousins were raised in Barbados. So we traveled down there, they came up every summer for camp, and I started paying attention to their music. And that was the first...

Quotes by Matisyahu

On my first trip to New York in the 1980s, the first place I wanted to visit was the Plaza Hotel, home to Kay Thompson's Eloise.

Quotes by Mary Kay Andrews

There's a misconception that, as you have success with a band for a long time, things get easier, and that's not necessarily true. It's harder to keep connecting with that fire that got you started in the first place when...

Quotes by Lzzy Hale

In 1968 when I was in high school I built a four-foot-tall remote control robot with pneumatic cylinders that operated his hands. My robot won first place at a science competition at the University of Alabama where my high school...

Quotes by Lonnie Johnson

I was doing Facebook comedy videos; then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I really was a master. That was the first place where I could go viral.

Quotes by Lil Nas X

When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.

Quotes by Leif Garrett

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.

Quotes by Lamar Odom

Until I was pursuing my collegiate education, I was in Madurai with my parents. Bengaluru was the first place where I was independent. So, the city is very close to my heart.

Quotes by Karthik Subbaraj

Drama school was the first place I learned that looks can affect your career. It was very horrible at the time. I had a lot of very bad experiences at drama school because of that, from the teachers and the...

Quotes by Joseph Gatt

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political...

Quotes by Jon Bon Jovi

We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them.

Quotes by Johannes Stark

What made me want to play drums in the first place was Led Zeppelin and The Who. My parents had their records, and I grew up listening to them with the stereo cranked.

Quotes by Joey Jordison

From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where...

Quotes by Janet Frame

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who...

Quotes by James Payn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'in the first place' mean across these quotes?
It's used to question original intentions and root causes, whether discussing education's purpose or why a historical decision was made to begin with.
Is there a quote about education's original purpose?
Yes, one argues that education's primary role was originally to help people become good, with usefulness treated as a secondary goal.
Do any quotes reference historical trade or resources?
One reflects on the trade interests that first drew outside powers to a resource-rich region, and the environmental toll that followed.
Is there a personal or emotional quote about 'first place' as a milestone?
Yes, one describes a formative publication as the first place someone felt truly seen and represented, highlighting personal significance.
What other pages pair well with first place quotes?
Try First quotes for related reflections, or Being quotes for more on identity and self.

From colonial-era trade history to personal milestones, these lines show how the phrase can mean both origin and pride. Pair this page with Being or Doing quotes for more on identity and action.