First Quotes | Beyond Motive 9/13

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First Quotes

"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"

"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"

Christopher Marlowe, English Dramatist

3

"You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice."

"You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

3

"They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!"

"They wanted Guy Middleton instead of Kenneth More, and even Kay Kendall wasn't their first choice!"

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

3

"I have a child and I'm a parent first of all."

"I have a child and I'm a parent first of all."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

3

"I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s."

"I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

3

"Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?"

"Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?"

Asa Gray, American Scientist

3

"Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some idiotic cliche. Luckily for me, Bobby was patient."

"Now, when we first started, I would be playing something good and then feel like I wasn't doing the right thing and launch into some idiotic cliche. Luckily for me, Bobby was patient."

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

First, Now, Right

3

"First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter."

"First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter."

Kenny Chesney, American Musician

3

"If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?"

"If Jesus was a Jew, how come he has a Mexican first name?"

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

3

"When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist."

"When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist."

Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman

3

"The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location."

"The first year we actually did a lot of night shooting and the writers weren't even allowed on location."

James MacArthur, American Actor

First, Night, Writers

3

"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."

"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

First, Man, Principles, Oliver Holmes

3

"We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there."

"We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there."

Tom Araya, American Musician

3

"Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third."

"Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third."

Bud Abbott, American Actor

3

"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."

"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."

Fawn Hall, American Celebrity

3

"It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done."

"It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

3

"First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations."

"First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

First, Pretty, Trying

3

"My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals."

"My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

3

"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

Kurtis Blow, American Musician

3

"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."

"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

3

"My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years."

"My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

3

"I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that."

"I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that."

Edward G. Robinson, Romanian Actor

3

"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."

"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

3

"I don't recall getting a first guitar."

"I don't recall getting a first guitar."

Ronnie Montrose, American Musician

3

"I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there."

"I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

First, Focus, Light, Right

3

"My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven."

"My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

3

"First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got."

"First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got."

James Coburn, American Actor

3

"You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good."

"You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

3

"Well, you know, I mean, I first did my live shows in the late 70's and in those days I had a boatload of equipment that always seemed to be going wrong."

"Well, you know, I mean, I first did my live shows in the late 70's and in those days I had a boatload of equipment that always seemed to be going wrong."

Thomas Dolby, English Musician

3

"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all."

"Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all."

James Brown, American Musician

First, Hair, Man

3

"First of all, I only get 50 percent of it, because, I mean, the galleries get 50 and 60 percent. I mean, that's normal. I understand that. I don't quarrel with that."

"First of all, I only get 50 percent of it, because, I mean, the galleries get 50 and 60 percent. I mean, that's normal. I understand that. I don't quarrel with that."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

3

"Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter."

"Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter."

David Gilmour, British Musician

3

"I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera."

"I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

First, Night, Opera

3

"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."

"Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was."

Judi Dench, English Actress

3

"In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first."

"In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first."

George Carlin, American Comedian

3

"I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order."

"I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

3

"Looking back across the years, so many pictures flash on the screen of my memory that just as I begin to see one clearly, another slides in, blotting out the first, itself to be pushed aside by the next and the next and the next."

"Looking back across the years, so many pictures flash on the screen of my memory that just as I begin to see one clearly, another slides in, blotting out the first, itself to be pushed aside by the next and the next and the next."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

First, Memory, Years

3

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

Karl von Frisch, Austrian Scientist

First, Philosophy, Zoology

3

"Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'"

"Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'"

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

First, Quotes, Religious, Will

3

"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

3

"We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m."

"We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m."

Juliet Mills, British Actor

3

"Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee."

"Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee."

Valerie Harper, American Actress

First, Vote, Will

3

"This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order."

"This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order."

Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss Scientist

First, Laws, Leading, Order

3

"The first perk of theatre is the girls."

"The first perk of theatre is the girls."

James Spader, American Actor

First, Girls, Theatre

3

"Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies."

"Our first record, 'Huey Lewis And The News', was seen by no one - it sold 25 copies."

Huey Lewis, American Musician

3

"Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband."

"Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband."

Al Capp, American Cartoonist

First, HusbFirst, Lady, Hair

3

"Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period."

"Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period."

Geoff Downes, English Musician

3

"Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot."

"Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

3

"But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17."

"But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

3

"If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."

"If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

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