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First Quotes

On beginnings, and what a 'first' really changes.

The quotes gathered here treat 'first' loosely: a rookie athlete crediting the teammates who set the tone early, a filmmaker's take on what should scare an audience right away, and a physicist weighing what can and can't be known first. If early relationships resonate, see our First Love.

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

Quotes by Kesha

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful.

Quotes by Kesha

My first inclination was toward flying and being a pilot.

Quotes by Kevin A. Ford

My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.

Quotes by Kerry King

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped.

Quotes by Kenzaburo Oe

Our first fiscal year, we were profitable.

Quotes by Kerby Jean-Raymond

When we first were working, we had no money. We were all sharing this ghastly flat and we had nothing.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

I think it was about 1990 when we first wore heels to perform.

Quotes by Keren Woodward

First you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer.

Quotes by Kent Beck

I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before.

Quotes by Kent Haruf

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

Quotes by Kent Haruf

I answer a fan with a hearing heart first.

Quotes by Kent McCord

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.

Quotes by Kenny Rogers

In our league, 20 points in the first half isn't anything.

Quotes by Kenny Smith

The first 45 or 50 years of the regional theater movement, all these folks, they built these theaters. The job of the next generation is to maintain them.

Quotes by Kenny Leon

President Obama became our first African American president, and for me, it is the stuff of which dreams are made.

Quotes by Kenny Leon

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

Quotes by Kenny Chesney

A caveman took a shell, and maybe it had a hole in it, or maybe he put a hole in it, and he put it on a piece of a tail of a donkey or a dinosaur or something and...

Quotes by Kenneth Jay Lane

We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.

Quotes by Kenneth Lay

Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.

Quotes by Kenneth Noland

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this page include a quote about starting an NFL career?
Yes. One quote looks back on the very beginning of an NFL career, crediting teammates named Tim Dwight and Eric Parker with showing what work ethic it takes to be an NFL receiver. It's a good example of first marking an early, formative stage of a career. For more on early milestones, see First Step quotes.
Is there a quote about horror movies or scaring an audience?
Yes - one quote states it plainly: "The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself." It's a compact idea about confronting your own fear before you can frighten anyone else. For more on how first moments set the tone, browse First Impression quotes.
Does this collection touch on science, like physics?
It does. One quote discusses the uncertainty relation, explaining that it does not refer to the past, and using the example of an electron's velocity being at first known and its position then exactly measured. It's a more technical, scientific sense of first.
What does the quote about the constitution say?
One quote makes a direct statement: "The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens." It's a clear, principled statement about equal citizenship. It naturally pairs with First Class quotes on this page.
Do all the quotes here use "first" the same way?
Not at all - that's part of the appeal. Across this page, first describes a rookie's early days in the league, a monster's first scare, an electron's first known velocity, and even first-class citizenship. If you like exploring different kinds of firsts, First Love quotes make a nice companion stop.

One quote pushes past personal firsts into a civic claim about equal standing under the constitution, which broadens the theme beyond simple nostalgia. Related pages include First Impression and First Step.