It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.
Knowledge created a new culture of business derived from the information gathering and analysis capabilities of first the mainframe and then the PC.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.
Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.
On the way from Chicago, I spent the summer of 1947 in Ottawa, helping to build the first of a series of econometric models for the Canadian government.
At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate.
When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.
When I joined Custer I donned the uniform of a soldier. It was a bit awkward at first but I soon got to be perfectly at home in men's clothes.
When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.
The first play that I saw was 'Cyrano,' and I remember going home - I was like nine years old - and trying to learn the monologues.
Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.
In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history.
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
