I design for myself and the first question I ask is, 'Would I wear it?'
~ Claudia Schiffer
The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.
~ Charles Bass
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
~ Barbara Bush
The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.
~ John Updike
Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.
~ Meir Soloveichik
My first marriage ended after 24 years.
~ Jerry Della Femina
The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.
~ Josh Bowman
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
~ Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.
~ Leonard Maltin
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
~ Mark Twain
If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving.
~ Henny Youngman
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
~ George Carlin
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
~ Jean De La Bruyère
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
~ Van Morrison
Insight is the first condition of Art.
~ George Henry Lewes
The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.
~ Louis Dudek
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
~ Ronald Reagan
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
~ P. J. O'rourke
This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.
~ Brad Henry
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
~ Sallust
I started balding at age 17 and after first being sad, I really embraced it.
~ Jason Alexander
Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.
~ Sid Meier
Fire is our first form of technology.
~ Ridley Scott
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
~ Esther Dyson
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
~ Nikos Kazantzakis
I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.
~ Ryan Howard
My mom handed me my first romance novel.
~ Sylvia Day
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
~ William F. Buckley
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
~ Theresa May
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
~ Byron Dorgan
When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'
~ Louis C. K.
People usually spend the first two months playing themselves up, not really being themselves. You waste those two months - and then they tell you, 'You're not who I was dating the first month!'
~ Manny Montana
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.
~ Adam Smith
Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.
~ Steven Spielberg
Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.
~ Marshall Mcluhan
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
~ John Ruskin
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
~ Walter Scott
