Quotes with first-born

Quotes 461 till 480 of 1905.

  • John Mason Brown Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe.
    John Mason Brown
    American drama critic and author (1900 - 1969)
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  • Hilaire Belloc From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
    Hilaire Belloc
    British Author (1870 - 1953)
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  • Bertolt Brecht From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Alice Hamilton From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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  • Brendon Urie From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Bode Miller From this inhuman pressure doping is born because the athlete feels the imperative of having to be No. 1. I believe instead that sport should be a private pressure, a challenge for yourself.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • John Dryden Genius must be born, and never can be taught.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Marquis de Sade Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Mark Twain Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you wish.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Tom Hopkins Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
    Tom Hopkins
    English professional footballer (1911 - )
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  • Butch Trucks Ginger Baker was never my favorite, but he was part of the group Cream that opened the door to what we did. They were the first band to really get into improvisation. They were an absolute necessity to what came later.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Boris Becker Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Given the profits he and Pharaoh must have made, one might call Joseph the first international arbitrageur.
    The (Mis)Behavior of Markets Ch. 10, p. 201 (A reference to Genesis 41:48–49,
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Blake Mycoskie Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Ben Carson God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.
    The Problem of Pain (1940)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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