Quotes of: Be-the-first Keyword

I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.

Tyra Banks

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

On any journey, we must find out where we are before we can plan the first step.

Kathy Boevink

I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of eve...

Karen DeCrow

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

Katharine Hepburn

My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel.

Lily James

You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen.

Leo McCarey

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

LeRoy Neiman

An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.

Leonard Slatkin

I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom.

Lionel Suggs

The older you get, the easier it is for you to distinguish between your friends and people you are not seeing for the first time.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Meeting, for the first time in person, someone that you’ve ‘known’ for sometime online = Taking the relationship to the ‘previous’ level.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

Richard M. Nixon

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

Richard Strauss

I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.

Rod Taylor

My first kiss as a single woman. It sent a tingle sprinting down my spine like a tingle panther.

Rosen Trevithick

One person's success is another's first step, only you can rate your achievements and find peace within yourself.

Robert Zeidan

I went to James Monroe High School, a big school in the East Bronx. My first promotion was the first alumni reunion dance. I got all the names and addresses out of the yearbook. It came off very well.

Sid Bernstein

I was the first to promote The Beatles in the States, and Ed Sullivan called me first about them before he ever booked them on his television show.

Sid Bernstein

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

Michael Pitt

Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample.

Mary Roach