500 Quotes by Firsts

Staying in touch with contacts is as important as getting them in the first place.

Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.

My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that let’s you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

How to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule: leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.

Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?

The coach is first of all a teacher.