Unless the law of marriage were first made human, it could never become divine.
We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.
We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.
The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.
I’ve set my own rules to live by. The first one is: ‘Never believe ANYthing the government says.’
My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.
The first obligation I have is to be funny; it’s my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes.
If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.
God, immortality, duty – how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.
In the first moments when we come away from the presence of death, every other relation to the living is merged, to our feeling, in the great relation of a common nature and a common destiny.
If you go into a battle, it’s better to win the first time.
And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
First of all, I don’t see America having problems.
That’s a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century.
The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that’s how I feel. And she’s also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.
It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being Who rules over the universe, Who presides in the councils of nations, and Whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.