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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.

I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.

Quotes by Joey Dunlop

My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother.

Quotes by Joel McCrea

Having so many close calls in my career, it was such an awesome feeling to get that first world title.

Quotes by Joel Parkinson

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing poorly first.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

I started in the psychological thriller side of feature filmmaking with 'Spiral,' which was the first one that I wrote and directed and played the lead in.

Quotes by Joel David Moore

When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than just shoes, bigger than just basketball.

Quotes by Joel Embiid

The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop.

Quotes by Joel Hodgson

I think I've seen the first 'RoboCop' like 15 or 20 times. I'm like a kid that way.

Quotes by Joel Kinnaman

This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died.

Quotes by Joe Theismann

When most of us hear the phrase, 'survival of the fittest,' we assume it originated with Charles Darwin. It did not. The phrase doesn't exist anywhere in Darwin's first edition of 'Origin of the Species.'

Quotes by Joel A. Barker

I tried to draw and write comics when I was four. By the time I was nine, I had written my first story - about my dog, of course.

Quotes by Joe R. Lansdale

I sold my first story when I was 21 in 1973.

Quotes by Joe R. Lansdale

I've been collecting comics since I was 10 years old. One of the first books I ever got my hands on was a Captain America-Falcon team-up.

Quotes by Joe Russo

I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English, and then just art. Then I passed out.

Quotes by Joe Strummer

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

Quotes by Joe Morgan

Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the 'Normal' environment was for a studio. I tried to run it as I did in my SF studio.

Quotes by Joe Murray

I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Quotes by Joe Murray

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

Quotes by Joe Namath

Acting was my first love.

Quotes by Joe Manganiello

The first CD that I ever bought was 'Britney Spears.' It was at a 7-Eleven and I was like, 'Can I get this?' It was literally her EP and I picked it up and, of course, I fell in love...

Quotes by Joe Jonas

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.