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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 first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me.

Quotes by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.

Quotes by Guillermo del Toro

I had done student films for the School Of Visual Arts and for NYU and all these schools in New York, so those were my first film experiences, but they were student films, so I guess they don't really count.

Quotes by Guillermo Diaz

It's weird: when I first got on Twitter, I had a couple hundred, then thousand, followers. Now I have over 53,000.

Quotes by Guillermo Diaz

I'm absolutely delighted because I'm part of the process that has made Asians very much part of the mainstream fabric of Britain, whereas, when I first started, we were completely on the margin.

Quotes by Gurinder Chadha

'Viceroy' is the first British film about the Raj and the transfer of power from Britain to India made by a British Indian director. It is a British film made from an Indian perspective.

Quotes by Gurinder Chadha

Ayasdi's customers can finally learn the answers to questions that they didn't know to ask in the first place.

Quotes by Gurjeet Singh

I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to...

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.

Quotes by Grimes

Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

Quotes by GRiZ

My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to.

Quotes by GRiZ

When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.

Quotes by Greta Van Susteren

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

Quotes by Gretchen Wilson

I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.

Quotes by Gregory David Roberts

'Shantaram' is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to 'Shantaram,' the first a prequel.

Quotes by Gregory David Roberts

My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned.

Quotes by Gregory H. Johnson

Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

Quotes by Gregory Harrison

There are a lot of people highly motivated to be the first to clone a human.

Quotes by Gregory Stock

Fandom grew first through individual correspondence. It was cheap and quick, continent-wide contact for a penny stamp.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

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.