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Most Famous First Quotes of All Time!

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The first obligation is to the French people and establish solidarity among our own citizens.

Quotes by Marine Le Pen

My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.

Quotes by Mario Benedetti

Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader and making it into a poem that, primarily, has to be a plausible poem in English.

Quotes by Marilyn Hacker

I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

Quotes by Marilyn Hacker

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.

Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first made it. The biggest thing I learnt was that you have to be pro-active. You can't be scared.

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

I was spending most of my summers in Greece when I was a little girl, and at boarding school my first room-mate was Greek, so I guess I kind of had that Greek destiny.

Quotes by Marie-Chantal Claire

When the first American steps on the red dust of Mars, it's going to be because of computer scientists.

Quotes by Marillyn Hewson

The first experiments on the biological properties of radium were successfully made in France, with samples from our laboratory, while my husband was living.

Quotes by Marie Curie

The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.

Quotes by Marianne Faithfull

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Quotes by Marianne Williamson

My first novel didn't sell well. It was really painful and humiliating and shocking to me.

Quotes by Maria Semple

I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

Quotes by Maria Sharapova

We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off.

Quotes by Maria Shriver

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write.

Quotes by Marguerite Young

At first I didn't know if I wanted to do TV again. I can get bored quickly.

Quotes by Maria Bello

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

Quotes by Maria Callas

I started to think of 'Hidden Figures' as the first part of a mid-century African-American trilogy.

Quotes by Margot Lee Shetterly

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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