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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.

Quotes by Walther Bothe

There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage...

Quotes by Walter Murch

At first sight experience seems to bury us under a flood of external objects, pressing upon us with a sharp and importunate reality, calling us out of ourselves in a thousand forms of action.

Quotes by Walter Pater

This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order.

Quotes by Walter Rudolf Hess

Time was God's first creation.

Quotes by Walter Lang

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

Quotes by Walter Bagehot

I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon; we've already practiced.

Quotes by Wally Schirra

My first computers were a Timex Sinclair and an Apple II.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Microsoft's Windows 3.1, released in 1992, was the first truly successful edition of Windows and juiced the Redmond juggernaut. Apple's Macintosh System 7.5, released in 1994, was another in a string of versions that lacked key architectural features that the...

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Quotes by Walter Anderson

Family is first for me.

Quotes by Walker Hayes

I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the negotiations between the government and the Sudanese rebels in the south. And then, slowly, I...

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Quotes by Waite Hoyt

What turned me into an environmentalist, on my eleventh birthday, was seeing the first strip mine.

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.

Quotes by W. G. Sebald

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

Voltaire

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Voltaire

Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia.

Quotes by W. Averell Harriman

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.

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