All Quotes

My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
‐‐ Natalie Cole

My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.
‐‐ Jeff Lindsay

My first TV job was on an episode of 'Hannah Montana'... Since then, I've been fortunate to end up on shows that are just such a high quality, where the writing and material is incredible.
‐‐ Alison Brie

My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.
‐‐ Mary Oliver

My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.
‐‐ Mario Benedetti

My first two books, I was very close to my main character, stuck inside their head. And then with 'Arrogance,' I broke into many different voices. I introduce many different characters, and that helped me to develop a confidence to move between different characters, between different voices.
‐‐ Joanna Scott

My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' were... distributed pretty widely. Judges in juvenile justice facilities started citing the book as required reading.
‐‐ Hill Harper

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.
‐‐ Jennifer Gilmore

My first two novels were very black comedies.
‐‐ Hilary Mantel

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.
‐‐ Norah Jones

My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
‐‐ Drake Bell

My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.
‐‐ Duncan Sheik

My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.'
‐‐ Doug Flutie

My first typewriter cost me $75. I can't tell you how many hours it took me to earn that money, or how proud I was of that object. I wrote my first books on it. They will never be published, but that's all right.
‐‐ Jeffrey Zeldman

My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.
‐‐ Chris Evert

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.
‐‐ Simon Newcomb

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'
‐‐ Rocky Carroll

My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.
‐‐ Sunil Mittal

My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
‐‐ Shawn Mendes

My first visit to West Berlin was in February 1983. The drive through East Berlin, the fact that West Berlin was surrounded by a wall that was more than 100 miles long - the absurdity and intensity of it really knocked me out.
‐‐ Henry Rollins

My first vocation was dance.
‐‐ Victoria Abril

My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in my time.
‐‐ Robert Winston

My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.
‐‐ Melissa Rauch

My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame.
‐‐ Philippe Petit

My first was in 1994 and it's ten years ago already. It's been ten years and I'm still around. I won a stage again, like I did last year and the year before.
‐‐ Richard Virenque

My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to be black at Stanford University. I'm black and I went to Stanford. Boom. Easy.
‐‐ Issa Rae

My first website went up in 1995. On it I ran a feature called Ask Nicola. Readers would email me questions, I'd answer whichever took my fancy.
‐‐ Nicola Griffith

My first week at Stanford, I bought a computer, and it was the first computer I ever owned. I had to be taught how to turn it on and even how to use a mouse, even though, for a lot of people, a mouse is very intuitive.
‐‐ Marissa Mayer

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
‐‐ Eli Wallach

My first wife tried to get back with me a year later, but there was no way. I used to think she was the be-all and end-all, but I got my stinky little pride back.
‐‐ Peter Scolari

My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, was a brunette. But since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonds.
‐‐ Hugh Hefner

My first wife was a theater person.
‐‐ Ahmet Ertegun

My first win feels better than a draw!
‐‐ Jurgen Klopp

My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche.
‐‐ Tony McCoy

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
‐‐ George Washington

My first word for the people of Brazil is the word 'confidence.' Confidence in the values that form the character of our people, the vitality of our democracy.
‐‐ Michel Temer

My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.
‐‐ Robert Lopez

My first YA novel, not many people have read. It's a fickle business. There's a degree of timing and luck involved.
‐‐ Gayle Forman

My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among rather than upon his thick black locks. His back seemed as broad as that of an elephant, and with his slow, sure, resolute step, he was like a mountain in motion.
‐‐ Isabella Bird

My first year and a half in Hollywood, I did three films. Then in 1959, I was in 'Gidget,' 'Imitation of Life' and 'A Summer Place.' After that, I was a star. It was fun.
‐‐ Sandra Dee

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.
‐‐ Dwight Gooden

My first year in Japan was very tough, just like my first year in the minors. But at least there I had a lot of Dominican people and Latin people I can talk to. If you don't have anybody to talk to, you can get depressed. But if you find someone who talks your language, it's easier.
‐‐ Alfonso Soriano

My first year in the big leagues, I made $17,000. It was easy to go out and get another $17,000 relief pitcher. I never worried about innings or pitches. I just pitched.
‐‐ Bruce Sutter

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.
‐‐ Victor Cruz

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.
‐‐ Kurt Russell

My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things.
‐‐ Penelope Mitchell

My first year on 'SNL', I made $90,000 dollars. And I bought a red Corvette for $45,000 dollars. I'm thinking, 'I've got 45 grand left!' Taxes didn't even come into my equation. At the end of the first year of making 90 grand I was 25, 30 in the hole. We live in this baller, spend-money culture.
‐‐ Chris Rock

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.
‐‐ Valentino Garavani