First Time Quotes - Page 10

• There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

  Johnny Depp

  Daughter, Mother, Thinking

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• I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Singing, Firsts, Remember

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• You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

  Junot Diaz

  Kissing, Discovery, Years

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• Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

  Emily Dickinson

  Done, Literature, Littles

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• I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.

  Vin Diesel

  Running, Hair, Hands

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• For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

  Patty Duke

  Lonely, Sunset, Ideas

  Patty Duke (2010). “Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness”, p.8, Bantam

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• A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

  T. S. Eliot

  Art, Thinking, Play

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• The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

  Colin Farrell

  Baby, Mean, Over You

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• An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again.

  James Fenton

  Small Numbers, Ideas, Example

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• Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this showcase. They were like 'Yo, you should do a song together.' So we did. It just so happened that the name of the song was 'Wolf Pak.' They said, 'Y'all should be a group called Da Pak, and here's a record deal.'

  Lupe Fiasco

  Song, Names, Together

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. October 31, 2006.

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• I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!

  Sally Field

  Careers, Oscars, Firsts

  Speech accepting Academy Award for Best Actress, Hollywood, Cal., 25 Mar. 1985.

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• For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Family, Law, Sitting

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• Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.

  Jamie Foxx

  Heart, Broken, Guy

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• There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. - you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong, tend to be people who didn't take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.

  Al Franken

  Circles, People, Voters

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• A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

  Thomas Fuller

  Believe, Done, Firsts

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• I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Europe, Growth, Fascination

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• I was terrified the first time that I had a big problem in my business. I was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. I was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. But I do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so I always try to face it and not be afraid.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Cancer, Believe, Son

  "Diane von Furstenberg: Unwrapped". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 14, 2009.

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• Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Men, Europe, Giving

  Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

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• The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

  Seth Godin

  Hate, Home, Games

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• With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Mother, Children, Exercise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the first time you try anything in a public way, you feel really exposed.

  Amy Grant

  Thinking, Trying, Way

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• Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.

  John Green

  Falling In Love, Teenager, Love You

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• With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will.

  Ernst Haas

  Photography, Past, Reality

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• I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.

  Kamala Harris

  Mother, Home, Opportunity

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• The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.

  Steve Harvey

  Relationship, Success, Faith

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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