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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.

It's about listening first, then selling.

Quotes by Erik Qualman

I've always wanted to model and act. My first break came to me when I was at a parlour to get a haircut. The salon owner asked me if I would model for them.

Quotes by Erica Fernandes

For the first six or eight months at Juilliard I felt paralysed. I didn't know what I was doing.

Quotes by Eric Whitacre

When I had my first experiences of choral singing, the dissonance of those close harmonies was so exquisite that I would giggle or I would tear up, and I felt it in a physical way.

Quotes by Eric Whitacre

I truly thought I was going to be in pop music. And then I joined a choir to meet girls, and everything changed in the first rehearsal.

Quotes by Eric Whitacre

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

Quotes by Eric Roberts

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network.

Quotes by Eric S. Raymond

The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

Quotes by Eric Schmidt

In 1980, a young Senator Al Gore held the first Congressional hearings on global warming.

Quotes by Eric Schneiderman

In 'Citizens United v. FEC', the Supreme Court ruled that sections of the federal campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold imposed unconstitutional restrictions on the First Amendment rights of corporations.

Quotes by Eric Schneiderman

The U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.

Quotes by Eric Fellner

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

Quotes by Eric Gill

Movies are immortal art - the first new art since Greek drama.

Quotes by Eric Johnston

Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.

Quotes by Eric Cantona

The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

Quotes by Eric Clapton

The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried,...

Quotes by Eric Clapton

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Quotes by Epictetus

Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months studying still more Chinese and generally kicking around the country.

Quotes by Eric Allin Cornell

My first language is Gaelic.

Quotes by Enya

I was 16 when I linked up with my manager - first person I ever auditioned for - and I've been in this ever since.

Quotes by Emory Cohen

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.