In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life.
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.
Me and music. Music was always my first love. It was my first love for sure. And still is a huge part of my life.
To find yourself, you must first lose yourself.
Well, first of all, I’m worth every penny.
I am used to wearing corsets. Even when I was first starting out it was either Shakespeare or Chekov. Everything that I was doing involved corsets. I guess I am just not destined to breathe that deeply.
First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.
In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didnt have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what Ive been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.
Voting is the first duty of democracy.
For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.
I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
Act first, explain later.
All I know is this: nobody’s very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
Things you think you’re saying for the first time ever, have been said better before by Shakespeare, though they may need saying again.
Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He’s a warrior first and a poet second.
There are going to be times when we can’t wait for somebody. Now, you’re either on the bus or off the bus. If you’re on the bus, and you get left behind, then you’ll find it again. If you’re off the bus in the first place – then it won’t make a damn.