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Most Famous First Quotes of All Time!

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My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams more than I actually liked playing the game.

Quotes by Mark Waters

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

Quotes by Mark Strand

When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it.

Quotes by Mark Takano

Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first.

Quotes by Mark Roberts

The American people must be assured that no federal agency can trample their First Amendment rights.

Quotes by Mark Meadows

We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights.

Quotes by Mark Kelly

The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights.

Quotes by Mark Kelly

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

Quotes by Mark Kennedy

I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation.

Quotes by Mark Kurlansky

To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.

Quotes by Mark Lawrenson

If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.

Quotes by Mark Hoppus

It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?

Quotes by Mark Hyman

The first film I can remember seeing on TV was 'The Brides of Dracula.' I was instantly hooked.

Quotes by Mark Gatiss

I got my first show at Blum & Poe because Paul McCarthy postponed his show, and they came to my studio and asked me if I could put together a show in two weeks.

Quotes by Mark Grotjahn

I was Google's first woman engineer.

Quotes by Marissa Mayer

Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.

Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.

Quotes by Marion Barry

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.

Quotes by Marion Cotillard

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Quotes by Marion Jones

This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in...

Quotes by Mario Monti

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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