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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.

The main thing for me was when I won my first title in Kuala Lumpur. That was the biggest step that I made. I made the Top 100, and I've stayed there ever since.

Quotes by Karolina Pliskova

Sometimes I just put some first serve in, which, on break points, it's pretty important.

Quotes by Karolina Pliskova

Normally, my goal is to get past the first round, because that's the hardest.

Quotes by Karolina Pliskova

First round of the tournament being a Major, I think the butterflies were a little different than that.

Quotes by Karrie Webb

When my first film 'Paruthiveeran' released, I had no time to get excited. It was a worrying time for me. I was anxious to know how it would be accepted.

Quotes by Karthi

I've played heavy characters in my first two films.

Quotes by Karthi

I grew up in a house that adored Thalaivar. There would be major discussions at home whenever a film of his was due for release, and we would manage to watch the film on the first day.

Quotes by Karthik Subbaraj

After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.

Quotes by Karl von Frisch

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a fundamental agreement on the question of the primacy, that still isn't there.

Quotes by Karl Lehmann

Even in my first analysis of a depressive psychosis, I was immediately struck by its structural similarity with obsessional neurosis.

Quotes by Karl Abraham

Singapore is likely to be the world's first market for self-driving cars. Commercial services around self-driving vehicles will likely be in Singapore before they are anywhere else in the world.

Quotes by Karl Iagnemma

When I first started writing, I didn't write about scientists at all. I think I wanted a break from that part of my world.

Quotes by Karl Iagnemma

Our first iteration of driverless cars kind of drove like trolleys on a track. This uncanny notion threw people off.

Quotes by Karl Iagnemma

I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.

Quotes by Karen Thompson Walker

One of my first interviews was Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and Johnny Depp for 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I was in eighth grade at the time, little teenybopper. I was so, so nervous. I just remember Johnny had an aura...

Quotes by Karen Fukuhara

Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.

Quotes by Karen Handel

America's first Olympics may have been its worst, or at least its most bizarre.

Quotes by Karen Abbott

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.

Quotes by Karen Armstrong

My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.

Quotes by Karen Bender

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.