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Most Famous First Quotes of All Time!

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The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

Quotes by Anthony Kennedy

The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

Quotes by Anthony Lewis

The stage is my first love.

Quotes by Anthony Mackie

When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me.

Quotes by Anthony Marra

Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.

Quotes by Anthony Anderson

First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.

Quotes by Anthony Bennett

The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.

Quotes by Anthony Browne

When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.

Quotes by Anthony Burgess

So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.

Quotes by Anthony Edwards

The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of...

Quotes by Anthony Fauci

If Hillary's the first woman president, well, in England we already know what a Margaret Thatcher is. It's not an end unto itself to be the first woman president.

Quotes by Anohni

The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.

Quotes by Ansel Elgort

When I first joined the army, I felt I had to be part of the alpha male culture. But I didn't.

Quotes by Ant Middleton

Many Catholic parishes were segregated prior to the Civil Rights movement, and the first large contingent of African-American Catholic priests would enter into the seminary in the 1920s.

Quotes by Anthea Butler

I act, but I am a mother first and wife second.

Quotes by Annette Bening

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

Quotes by Annette Bening

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.

Quotes by Annie Dillard

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

Quotes by Annie Dillard

I believe it is called 'Area 51' because of a project, the very first project that went on out there, in 1951.

Quotes by Annie Jacobsen

When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process.

Quotes by Annie Parisse

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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