When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.
Put first things first and second things are thrown in. Put second things first and you lose both first and second things.
Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue.
You must see that if two things are alike, then it is a further question whether the first is copied from the second, or the second from the first, or both from a third.
The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.
To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.
First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.
Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
An archetypal content expresses itself, first and foremost, in metaphors.
First rule in government spending: Why build one, when you can have two at twice the price?
We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species to have taken evolution into our own hands.
I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.
I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
Choice is your greatest power. It is an even greater power than love, because you must first choose to be a loving person.
And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life.
That’s when I first learned that it wasn’t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.
Four days alone with nothing. Emerge empowered. The first human face you see will knock you back 50%.