Quotes with first-born

Quotes 1021 till 1040 of 1905.

  • Camille Paglia Not until all babies are born from glass jars will the combat cease between mother and son.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Francis Thompson Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.
    Francis Thompson
    English poet and mystic (1859 - 1907)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Epictetus Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Carl Sandburg Nothing happens unless first a dream.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Bill Laswell Nothing was a style first. Everything started as an idea. A guy did something with an idea. Someone copied him. Some copied all of them and it became trendy and then it became a style.
    Bill Laswell
    American bass guitarist (1955 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Don Marquis now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Bud Abbott Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third.
    To which Costello replies "Thats what I want to find out." From: Naughty Nineties (1945)
    Bud Abbott
    American comedian and actor (1897 - 1974)
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  • Aaron Spelling Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.
    Aaron Spelling
    American film and television (1923 - 2006)
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  • Sir Walter Scott O what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.
    Marmion
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Howard Nemerov Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?
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  • Amelia Earhart Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it.
    Amelia Earhart
    American aviation pioneer and author (1897 - 1937)
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  • Bill Rancic Obviously, many people may remember me as the first winner of 'The Apprentice,' but prior to that, I was an entrepreneur. I started my first business when I was in college, and then getting my lucky break was when Donald Trump hired me on.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Edwin P. Whipple Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.
    Edwin P. Whipple
    American essay writer (1819 - 1886)
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  • Laurence J. Peter Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.
    Laurence J. Peter
    Canadian educator and hierarchiologist (1919 - 1990)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Eric Hoffer Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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