The First Quotes

I think that after the first time you give your heart away, you never get it back. The rest of your life is just you pretending that you still have a heart.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

When we fall in love and we have a first kiss with someone, we never ever imagine that someday that could be a last kiss.

I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First Amendment, it protects everyone's faith.

The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.

You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.

All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.

I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, This album is mine, was Kanyes Late Registration.

I've done it with all my films. I always keep an eye on the first time I show it because... I don't know. Neurosis.

People go through life and make personal decisions and sometimes they don't work out. I won't be the first person to be divorced.

First guitars tend to be like first loves: ill-chosen, unsuitable, short-lived and unforgettable.

When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully music.

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.

Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

The first time I went to Mexico, it was really difficult. Number one is the language, I didn't know any Spanish language. Of course, the culture itself. Very different from where I grew up.

You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I was loving the hoof marks on your cheeks.

I have been a fan of Jesse Terry since the first time I heard him. He's a humble - and humbling - talent.

Luckily for his audiences, Bennett doesn't tire of singing I Left My Heart. ... that song made me a world citizen. And when I do it, it always feels like the first time.

Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.

I think theater will always be my first love. Ive been doing it since I was nine, and theres nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas.

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.

"Oscillate Wildly" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of what's possible.

For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.

The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up.

Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.

The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.

When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!

Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.

Few can remember clearly when innocence came to a sudden end, the moment at which we ask for the first time: Am I loved?

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

For the first time in human history the psychology that is a prerequisite for intimacy has become the psychology that is a prerequisite for species survival.

This is the first time in history that we've had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.

You never forget your first love.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

When you fail to succeed the first time, keep trying. It's called life.

Theater in Chicago will always be my first love.

The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these trash magazines with paparazzo pictures.

I'm a film geek man. I love toys. I love everything in filmmaking, so for me to just be around this technology is just so cool to watch it being used for the first time, some of the stuff.

I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an audition or on set, is all that you can bring.