Quotes of: Be-the-first Keyword

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.

Walt Whitman

The first line is the DNA of the poem; the rest of the poem is constructed out of that first line. A lot of it has to do with tone because tone is the key signature for the poem. The basis of trust for a reader used to be meter and end-rhyme.

Billy Collins

Brian: [after trying a prairie oyster for the first time] Peppermint prairie oysters? Sally: Oh, you got the toothpaste glass! [laughs a little]

Cabaret

Marcus: No, that don't fly Ma. Erin Gruwell: First of all I'm not anybody's mother. Andre: No, that's not what it means. Eva: It's a sign of respect... for you.

Freedom Writers

Al Michaels: Mike Eruzione, out of Boston University, the captain of this team, has just put he US ahead for the first time!

Miracle

Dr. Lesh: I feel like the proto-human coming out of the forest primeval and seeing the moon for the first time and throwing rocks at it.

Poltergeist

Leo Bloom: [reading the title of the play for the first time] "Springtime for Hitler" a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden... Wow!

The Producers

Lando: [seeing Leia for the first time] Hello, what have we here?

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We are not going to lose the Enterprise. Not to the Borg. Not while I'm in command.

Star Trek: First Contact

Borg Queen: I am the beginning. The end. The one who is many. I am the Borg.

Star Trek: First Contact

Rooster Cogburn: Damn you, Bo. First time you ever give me reason to... cuss you.

True Grit

Sergeant Howie: [upon seeing the Wicker Man for the first time] O, God! O, Jesus Christ!

The Wicker Man

Hank McCoy: Are you sure we can't shave your head? Professor Charles Xavier: Don't touch my hair.

X-Men: First Class

Hank McCoy: Am I still a bozo? Alex Summers: Yes, Hank, you're still a bozo. But nice job.

X-Men: First Class

Professor Charles Xavier: [to Angel] How would you like a job where you get to keep your clothes on?

X-Men: First Class

Colonel Hendry: [Riptide creates a whirlwind sending it toward him; to Shaw] What the hell did you put in my drink?

X-Men: First Class

Sebastian Shaw: We are the children of the atom. Radiation gave birth to mutants. What will kill the humans will only make us stronger.

X-Men: First Class

Hank McCoy: You have no idea what I'd give to feel... Raven Darkholme: Normal?

X-Men: First Class

Raven Darkholme: Darwin's dead, Charles, and we can't even bury him. Erik Lehnsherr: We can avenge him!

X-Men: First Class

Logan: [sees young Xavier for the first time] You can walk? Charles Xavier: Aren't you the clever one.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

Brian McKnight