Top 1200 Put First Things First Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

My mom broke the mold. She put my brother and I first, always, and worked her fingers to the bone trying to provide for us. She taught us right from wrong and gave us very strong morals and values and belief in family, things that have stayed with me.

The first and last lesson of religion is, "The things that are seen, are temporal; the things that are unseen, are eternal." It puts an affront upon nature.

My first cassette was 'Synchronicity,' and my first CD was U2 'War' and King Crimson 'Discipline.'

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working.

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.

[Bill] Clinton remained in campaign mode the first years of his first term.

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

As a first-generation inheritor, the first mandate is to preserve our family wealth and hopefully increase it.

In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.

I was so obsessed with 2Pac. He was one of the first rappers I heard. "Dear Mama" was one of the first tracks I ever memorized.

A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in.

My first pair of shoes my mom bought me. I was born in 1985 and my mom is the biggest North Carolina/Michael Jordan fan there is, so when those first Jordan's came out those were my first shoes ever. I don't remember but I guess it started from there.

The first thing, the first element of a story that people hear, they believe it. Whether it's right or wrong.

The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.

I would be happy to do 'Sarfarosh 2'. The script should be as good as the first one. I don't want to destroy the goodwill of the first one.

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

When I make film music, I'm a filmmaker first and foremost. It's about serving the needs of the film. You're telling a story; in a way, you stop becoming a composer and become a storyteller instead. You tell the story with the most appropriate themes. How you approach these things is a very personal matter, but your goal is to tell the story first.

I know a member of one of New York's first families (first as you drive up Tenth Avenue)

Purim is the birthday of the first Schutz-Jude , the first Jewish toady to foreign royalty.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

My first album was The Doobie Brothers... 'Captain and Me.' You always remember your first!

I liked 'Ten Feet the first time I heard it and it became my first top 10.

It's not who's put up the fastest time in the world that year, or who's put up the fastest time in the previous four years, but who can get their hand on the wall first today.

When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction.

Men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. Not being the first is upsetting to their psyches.

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run.

Luckily for me, Hereford restarted their youth team. I trained a few times with the first team before my first stroke of luck, when the club's youth team coach Pete Beadle, someone who knew me well, became the first-team manager.

The most exciting thing about joining EastEnders' is not only that I'll be back on the television, but I'll also be working with Maggie. I have admired her for a long time. She is one of my favorite actresses. Filming not just our first scenes but our first episode together will be like first night in the theatre - very exciting indeed.

I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world.

If somebody says, 'Do you remember the first time you heard a Rolling Stones song?' if you say you do, you're crazy. You've just always heard them. You might remember the first time it impacted you, but the first time you heard one, you were in a cradle.

I was not only the first woman to become secretary of state, I was the first [U.S.] secretary of state of the 21st century. I was the first secretary of state to own a Web site, to visit Internet cafes, and to make Internet access a part of policy.

I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert.

I think any information about any type of art form, it's always the right time. But since the last one, I could see there were many things about the culture of DJing that we don't really talk about. We don't really look at how the music is made, how it's conceptualized, how it's put together. We talk about the equipment and the software, but we don't talk about the reasons why we put the music together in the first place.

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods.

First impressions matter. Most people don't change their political views radically from the ones they first hold.

I did a commercial for a phone company when I was five. But my first big thing was when I was eight. I was on the first season of 'E.R.'

Pyrex Vision's first season was, for me, an expression of myself as an artist first, designer second.

I was one of the first artists to have a YouTube account, if not the first. I joined two months after the site launched.

The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.

'Wages Of Sin' was the first metal album I ever bought, and it was love at first listen.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

"The first awareness of the child comes with his ego. He becomes aware of the "I", not of the Self. Really, he becomes aware first of the "thou". The child first becomes aware of his mother. Then, reflectively, he becomes aware of himself. First he becomes aware of objects around him. Then, by and by, he begins to feel that he is separate. This feeling of separation gives the feeling of ego, and because the child first becomes aware of the ego, ego becomes a covering on the Self. "

The first thing I think about when somebody says you're going to be the first Muslim is celebrate this moment.

The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

I have no first-strike capability. I never choose to go into battle first. But I won't back down.

The Holy Spirit is profoundly committed to restoring the first commandment to first place in our lives.

At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.

We had some really powerful technology - Atari always was a technology-driven company, and we were very keen on keeping the technological edge on everything. There's a whole bunch of things that we innovated. We made the first computer that did stamps or sprites, we did screen-mapping for the very first time, and a lot of stuff like that.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

I'm already the first Georgian to play in the Finals, but I also want to be the first to be part of an NBA title.

To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country.

I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

Well, as I got older and started using makeup, I wanted to use something lightweight under my makeup that wouldn't clog my pores. So I get up in the morning, brush my teeth, wash my face, and do my whole routine. Sunscreen is the first thing I put on before I put on my makeup.

I grew up a Cowboys fan, attending my first game in 1960, the first year of their existence.