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 remember the first scary movie I ever watched was 'Scream,' and I watched it at a sleepover.
Popular Quotes Topics for You.
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those.
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
'Sara' was the first film project I worked on as an actress; it's a short film.
I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably...
At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.
Playing a cop on TV and working closely with actual cops on set, I do think the media does a disservice to our first responders.
I started collecting in the late 1990s. My first purchase was from an auction, a scroll by Dong Qichang, from the early 16th century, the late Ming Dynasty.
I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones' at Stanford. So I workshopped the entire thing.
My skin was really bad. Roxanne Rizzo's products were the first things that really cleared it up.
My first book, about Ruby Ridge, was made into a miniseries on CBS in 1996, and since then, I've dabbled in Hollywood, pitched a few things, sold a couple of screenplays and a pilot that I wrote with a buddy...
My first four books were not published because nobody wanted them. They were adult books, not kids' books.
Related Quotes Topics for You.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this page include a quote about starting an NFL career?
Is there a quote about horror movies or scaring an audience?
Does this collection touch on science, like physics?
What does the quote about the constitution say?
Do all the quotes here use "first" the same way?
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.
