No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues. – Giraldus Cambrensis
The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself. – Henry L. Stimson
After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley. – Gene Siskel
The hardest thing about writing my second album is that I had 20 years to write my first album. – Halsey
First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio. – Hans Frank
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive. – Henry David Thoreau
I’m a huge cook! I’m actually trying to write my first cookbook. I make an Indian-spice Bolognese and serve it over pasta. It’s a combination of flavors that people aren’t used to. – Hannah Simone
The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it’s a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango. – Hanya Yanagihara
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. – George Leigh Mallory
The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto. – George Shearing
Carbondale, Ill. is where I went to college, and it’s where I first started putting on shows. – Hannibal Buress
My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages. – Hailee Steinfeld
When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do. – Grimes
First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot. – George Crook
I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I’ve been free ever since. – Harmony Korine
Malcolm X was the first political person in this country that I really identified with. If he had lived and not been purged, I probably would have joined the Muslims. – Huey Newton
I don’t know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I’m the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck. – Heather Donahue
I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I’d plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let’s move on to something where I’m starting from scratch. – Hal Linden
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. – Hannah Kent
On the nuclear issue, the first point is that the entire world must recognize that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, nor shall it seek a nuclear weapon. – Hassan Rouhani
