Quotes about First World

My father was in the First World War. Votes: 4

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. Votes: 4

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars. Votes: 4

The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. Votes: 4

Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy. Votes: 4

The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era. Votes: 4

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history. Votes: 4

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families. Votes: 4

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. Votes: 4

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. Votes: 4

If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War - they have all been creative reinventions, the moment new forms of luxury come into play. Votes: 4

As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. Votes: 4

I'm thinking about doing a First World War film. Votes: 3

Psychiatrists the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War... Votes: 3

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Found Alive! First World War a Mistake! Votes: 3

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions. Votes: 3

The adverse economic events following the First World War turned me toward economics. Votes: 3

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars, Votes: 3

Arthur Scargill is the Labour movements nearest equivalent to a First World War General. Votes: 3

My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War. Votes: 3

The First World War was a horror of gas, industrialised slaughter, fear, and appalling human suffering. Votes: 3

You can inherit male-pattern baldness from your mother's father, but not a tendency to fight in the First World War. Votes: 3

The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well. Votes: 3

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. Votes: 3

The French suffered such catastrophic losses in the First World War. It really was the end of them as a great world power, although they, quote, 'won.' Votes: 3

South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with Third World squalor. Votes: 3

War is now a form of TV entertainment, and what made the First World War so particularly entertaining were two American inventions, barbed wire and the machine gun. Votes: 3

The First World became a popular phrase in about the 1970s and '80s. The World Bank then began categorizing countries in different categories, advanced to the least developed. Votes: 3

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War. Votes: 3

The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th centurys first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War. Votes: 3

Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since, that turned itself to past without a word". Votes: 3

The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War. Votes: 3

England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War… I love it. Votes: 3

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally. Votes: 3

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War. Votes: 3

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed. Votes: 3

What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded? Votes: 3

In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case is different, because you had systematic murder, like the Holocaust. Votes: 3

The automatic reaction of practically any young person is, at once, against authority. That, I think, began in the First World War because of the trenches, and the incompetence of the people on all fronts. Votes: 3

There is a difference between Iraq, where you have Sunni, Shia, and Kurds put together after the First World War by the Western powers. It doesn't work. It needs to break up into three parts. Votes: 3

We Germans carried our hatred from the First World War to the Second World War, and now you are about to carry the hatred about the murder of 5 million people on to another World War. Votes: 3

On the face of it, no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawingrooms into the manifold horrors of the First World War. Votes: 3

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier. Votes: 3

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious. Votes: 3

Because, I said, the japanese were as responsible as the Germans for turning Americans into a bunch of bankrupt militaristic fuckups - after we'd done such a good job of being sincere war-haters after the First World War. Votes: 3

The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race. Votes: 3

In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War. Votes: 3

Not only in America but in Germany, in France since the war, in Germany after the First World War, the Germany of Adenauer, these are the creative relationships of Catholicism to a free society that the average American doesn't fully appreciate. Votes: 3

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. Votes: 3

Into the Blizzard' follows the author as he traces the footsteps of the Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War: where they trained in Scotland, where they fought in Gallipoli and where they died at the Battle of the Somme in France. Votes: 3

American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 percent, while in a Third World War 90-95 percent would be civilians. Votes: 3

School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in no-man's-land, when the conflict extended so much further, to the collapse of four empires and numerous civil wars. Votes: 3

Fox hunting, there's big fox hunting thing, there's arguments in Britain about fox hunting. And they go around. They obviously hunt foxes because the foxes, they attack chickens. And posh people have an alliance with chickens just like in the First World War. Votes: 3

The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second World War in Europe. The Inquisition, the persecution of heretics and infidels and witches, they racked up pretty high death tolls. Votes: 3

My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me. Votes: 3

The First World War began because one man was shot. The Second World War began because of a mad German dictator. Who knows how a third could start. There are also people who think that the war has been going for a long time. Votes: 3

Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch. Votes: 3

Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exempt[ion]...from responsibility for what you do thereafter. Votes: 3

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. Votes: 3

I was born and brought up near a village in Nottinghamshire and in my childhood enjoyed the freedom of the rather isolated country life. After the First World War, my father had bought a small farm, which became a marvelous playground for his five children. Votes: 3

District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet. But the thing that I like the most about the metaphor is that it can be scaled to suit almost any scenario. Votes: 3

I think growing up in South Africa, and then moving to Canada, I'm just genuinely interested in the difference between the First World and the Third World, immigration, and how the new, globalized world is beginning to operate. All of those things run through my mind a lot. Votes: 3

In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produced in the studio theatre at the students' union in early 1999, when I was 21. It's 100 pages long: a very traditional play, with an interval, about deserters in the First World War. Votes: 3

The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse. Votes: 2

My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way. Votes: 2

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea? Votes: 2

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real. Votes: 2

Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.' Votes: 2

The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying. Votes: 2

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.' Votes: 2

I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy. Votes: 2

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? Votes: 2

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across. Votes: 2

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect. Votes: 2

Mehmet Ertegun died in 1944. President Roosevelt sent his body back to Turkey on the U.S.S. Missouri. Mehmet Ertegun and President Roosevelt had had a cordial relationship, and, indeed, Mehmet Ertegun may have helped insure that Turkey did not ally itself with Germany, as it had in the First World War. Votes: 2

Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component. Votes: 2

I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a very young child, as an eight- or nine-year-old, asking my teachers what poppies were for. Every year the teachers would suddenly wear these red paper flowers in their lapels, and I would say 'What does that mean?' Votes: 2

Fear first made gods in the world. Votes: 0

To change the world, change yourself first. Votes: 0

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world... Votes: 0

The myth of the first world is that Votes: 0

Fear created the first gods in the world. Votes: 0

The world needs more love at first sight. Votes: 0

Color is the first revelation of the world. Votes: 0

First we love within, then we love the world. Votes: 0

Don't ask the world to change....you change first. Votes: 0

Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent. Votes: 0

I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia. Votes: 0

First, believe in the world-that there is meaning behind everything. Votes: 0

If you want to change the world, first change yourself. Votes: 0

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first. Votes: 0

It is fear that first brought gods into the world. Votes: 0

Let him that would move the world first move himself. Votes: 0

There is no doing in the world without being first. Votes: 0

Works of genius are the first things in the world. Votes: 0

The first magic wave kicked the world in the face. Votes: 0

If you want to inspire the world, first inspire yourself. Votes: 0

South Dakota... is like the world's first drive-through sensory deprivation chamber. Votes: 0

When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat. Votes: 0

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced. Votes: 0

My first Mongolia trip made me look at the world differently Votes: 0

I had the first integrated Army band in World War II. Votes: 0

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world. Votes: 0

A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world. Votes: 0

If you want to change the world, first change your heart. Votes: 0

My first objective is to win against No. 1 in the world. Votes: 0

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. Votes: 0

To find stability within the world, one must first find stability within. Votes: 0

If we would change the world, we must first change people's thoughts. Votes: 0

By not claiming to be first in the world one can rule. Votes: 0

Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World. Votes: 0

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending. Votes: 0

Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it. Votes: 0

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self. Votes: 0

There is nothing in the world like the first taste of beer. Votes: 0

Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first. Votes: 0

I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. Votes: 0

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world. Votes: 0

Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world. Votes: 0

We are a vibrant first-world country, but we have a humbling third-world memory. Votes: 0

Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world. Votes: 0

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world. Votes: 0

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore. Votes: 0

The first trillionaire in the world will be the person who mines asteroids. Votes: 0

How can the world progress if women don't consider men ... the Man ... first? Votes: 0

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time. Votes: 0

Looking beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. Votes: 0

The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me. Votes: 0

You cannot change the world if you don't change your own world first. Votes: 0

When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. Votes: 0

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa. Votes: 0

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself Votes: 0

Revival begins by Christians getting right first and then spills over into the world. Votes: 0

To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough. Votes: 0

Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts. Votes: 0

If we are to transform the world, we must first begin by transforming ourselves. Votes: 0

The most difficult is the first family, to bring someone out of the world. Votes: 0

First rule in this world baby... don't believe ANYTHING you see on the news... Votes: 0

Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination. Votes: 0

Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living. Votes: 0

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Votes: 0

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. Votes: 0

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. Votes: 0

Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. Votes: 0

You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first. Votes: 0

Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams. Votes: 0

The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church. Votes: 0

We talk of the second coming, half the world has never heard of the first. Votes: 0

Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name. Votes: 0

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. Votes: 0

If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any God-damned wars in the first place! Votes: 0

If you want to shine over the world, first let the wisdom shines over you! Votes: 0

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well. Votes: 0

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical. Votes: 0

Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.] Votes: 0

The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work. Votes: 0

Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. Votes: 0

there are two word in my world first love the strongest and second chance quotes. Votes: 0

To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born, Votes: 0

The web's strength lies precisely in its unique position as the world's first universal platform. Votes: 0

First there was just my home. Now I have to deal with the whole world. Votes: 0

Democracy must first be safe for America before it can be safe for the world. Votes: 0

World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?' Votes: 0

You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself. Votes: 0

Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors. Votes: 0

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's. Votes: 0

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model... Votes: 0

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. Votes: 0

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. Votes: 0

To transform this world into a better place to live, make yourself a better person first. Votes: 0

Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads Votes: 0

The first world we find ourselves in is a family that is not of our choosing. Votes: 0

Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it. Votes: 0

The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first. Votes: 0

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. Votes: 0

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. Votes: 0

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live. Votes: 0

My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things. Votes: 0

The first step before anybody else in the world believes it, is that you believe it. Votes: 0

One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. Votes: 0

You Can't Be A Hero To The World, If Your Aren't First A Hero In Your Home! Votes: 0

The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth. Votes: 0

The exchange rate between first-world lives and third-world lives in disaster stories in the media is about 50:1. Votes: 0

Mornings are mysteries; the first world's youth, Man's resurrection, and the future's bud Shroud in their births. Votes: 0

The first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world. Votes: 0

The imagination is the most real world that we know because we each know it first hand. Votes: 0

To change the world, Start with one step. However small, the first step is hardest of all. Votes: 0

The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first. Votes: 0

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. Votes: 0

I lived in the first century of world wars. Most mornings I would be more or less insane. Votes: 0

The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world. Votes: 0

The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one. Votes: 0

The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world. Votes: 0

Declaring our intentions for a safer and kinder world is the obvious first step toward attaining those goals. Votes: 0

Funny how the last thing we want the world to see is almost the first thing to show. Votes: 0

There are two important things in the world, the first is sex. The other isn't all that important. Votes: 0

DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world. Votes: 0

The world is a little more diverse in 2015 than when the Fantastic Four comic first came out in 1961. Votes: 0

When we live our lives authentically, we discover our true place in the world for the first time. Votes: 0

The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one Votes: 0

The world would be a pretty dull place if it were made up only of the first-rate, right? Votes: 0

The creative personality never remains fixed on the first world it discovers. It never resigns itself to anything. Votes: 0

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is. Votes: 0

The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared. Votes: 0

I will go out of this world feet first with my Lib Dem membership card in my pocket. Votes: 0

The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world. Votes: 0

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose. Votes: 0

The drives were nature's first provision: thinking was added later, to get us around the world's obstacles to them. Votes: 0

Let's get to a world where we don't litigate the aftermath, because it doesn't happen in the first place. Votes: 0

Those who seek the divine want to make this world a better place, which first requires that we communicate. Votes: 0

My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation. Votes: 0

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. Votes: 0

In Courtney Moreno's In Case of Emergency the working class save the world and themselves. A wonderful first book! Votes: 0

Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period. Votes: 0

We have so many opportunities in first world countries. Let's not squander them by focusing on obstacles-real or imaginary! Votes: 0

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world. Votes: 0

We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile. Votes: 0

today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself. Votes: 0

We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view. Votes: 0

But first be a person who needs people. People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. Votes: 0

I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour. Votes: 0

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs. Votes: 0

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Votes: 0

The Indians are a marginal people in Guatemala just like I am a marginal person in the first world. Votes: 0

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die. Votes: 0

This isn't the first time the world has come to an end, and it won't be the last either. Votes: 0

The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs. Votes: 0

First fill your heart with an abundance of love. Then let the light of your love enlighten the whole world. Votes: 0

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America. Votes: 0

I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier. Votes: 0

If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. Votes: 0

I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time. Votes: 0

It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. Votes: 0

I do know what my first meal in the next world would be Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything. Votes: 0

All have some artificial badge which the world, and themselves among the first, learn to consider as a genuine characteristic. Votes: 0

Look at the longing, the anguish of a sad fossil world / that cannot find the accent of its first sob. Votes: 0

Benefitting from a job bubble is not only a first world problem, it's an upper-class-educated-lucky-to-be-in-the-right-industry-at-the-right-time kind of first world problem. Votes: 0

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities. Votes: 0

I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world. Votes: 0

God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings. Votes: 0

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world. Votes: 0

Take care of things close to home first. Straighten up your room before you save the world. Then save the world. Votes: 0

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. Votes: 0

To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths. Votes: 0

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. Votes: 0

Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing. Votes: 0

In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so. Votes: 0

In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change. Votes: 0

The visionary disciplines himself to see the world always as if he had only just seen it for the first time. Votes: 0

I take on a shape and an existence only if I first throw myself into the world by loving, by doing. Votes: 0

The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time. Votes: 0

The first step toward changing the world is to change our vision of the world and of our place in it. Votes: 0

The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. Votes: 0

So my view's quite clear. I believe Cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is the first example, i believe they're going to Change the world... Votes: 0

Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world. Votes: 0

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future. Votes: 0

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same Votes: 0

if there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters? Votes: 0

I will never forget my first game for England at the World Cup, It was against Turkey... no I mean Tunisia. Votes: 0

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world. Votes: 0

In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history. Votes: 0

To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning to your life. Votes: 0

By the end of the first decade of writing, I considered myself a confirmed failure in the eyes of the world. Votes: 0

There are some people in this world who would never plant a seed because it doesn't produce fruit the first season. Votes: 0

Why in the world anyone in America is allowing another language (other than English) to be his first... I don't know Votes: 0

We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. Votes: 0

Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding. Votes: 0

Sensuality came into existence the moment when the first beat of melody knocked on the door of the world of belly dance. Votes: 0

In the modern world, we Americans are the old inhabitants. We first had political freedom, high industrial production, an economy of abundance. Votes: 0

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. Votes: 0

Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world's first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less. Votes: 0

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Votes: 0

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. Votes: 0

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Votes: 0

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Votes: 0

The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War. Votes: 0

With the first line of Mehendi, she forgot her troubles and delved into the beautiful world of checkered patterns and intricate lines. Votes: 0

It's really hard to change the world when your first priority is making sure that the little world around yourself doesn't change. Votes: 0

When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease. Votes: 0

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first. Votes: 0

I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world... Votes: 0

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts. Votes: 0

Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it! Votes: 0

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point. Votes: 0

There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in. Votes: 0

To think is first of all to create a world (or to limit one's own world, which comes to the same thing). Votes: 0

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world. Votes: 0

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos. Votes: 0

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms. Votes: 0

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power. Votes: 0

That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old. Votes: 0

I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent. Votes: 0

In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. Votes: 0

One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality. Votes: 0

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. Votes: 0

The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces. Votes: 0

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless. Votes: 0

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it. Votes: 0

This is my first FIFA Women's World Cup . For me, to see how I have reacted to this tournament...I'm totally in. Votes: 0

People can relate to reading a book for the first time and the world starts to create, even without you prepping for it. Votes: 0

Bisexuality is the proportional representation of sexuality in a world where most of us - straight or gay - operate a first-past-the-post system. Votes: 0

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk! Votes: 0

Every good band in the world was a cover band first. The Beatles were and the Stones were. Everybody was a cover band. Votes: 0

If drawing belongs to the world of spirit and color to that of the senses, you must draw first to cultivate the spirit. Votes: 0

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking. Votes: 0

When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one way only. Votes: 0

This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it. Votes: 0

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind. Votes: 0

This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history. Votes: 0

Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and his will first in everything you do. Votes: 0

We want to have movies be seen. So, first and foremost, what's the world? So we can get it onto a big screen. Votes: 0

There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance. Votes: 0

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. Votes: 0

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. Votes: 0

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas. Votes: 0

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous areas. Votes: 0

At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world. Votes: 0

Introduced to this world in Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales, November 14, 1843, I celebrated my first anniversary by landing at Castle Garden, in New York City. Votes: 0

Those who would know the world, seek first within your beings' depths; those who would truly know themselves, develop interest in the world. Votes: 0

Adelaide was the first city in Australia, if not in the world, to provide for the health and recreation of all its citizens. Votes: 0

First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world. Votes: 0

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. Votes: 0

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world. Votes: 0

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. Votes: 0

The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century. Votes: 0

What were all the world's alarms To mighty Paris when he found Sleep upon a golden bed That first dawn in Helen's arms? Votes: 0

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind. Votes: 0

There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling. Votes: 0

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad. Votes: 0

The world isn't set up equally, and the first billion people using Facebook have way more money than the rest of the world combined. Votes: 0

Footprints in the snow have been unfailing provokers of sentiment ever since snow was first a white wonder in this drab-coloured world of ours. Votes: 0

Do you want to change the world? Then change yourself first. Do you want to change yourself? Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea. Votes: 0

An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first. Votes: 0

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magicks, it's the hardest thing to do. Votes: 0

At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection. Votes: 0

FDI is a responsibility for Indians & an opportunity for the World. My definition of FDI for the people of India is 'First Develop India'. Votes: 0

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that. Votes: 0

The launch of Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine marked a transition in naval warfare-a transition as sudden as that associated with the Monitor. Votes: 0

Whatever you love is beautiful; love comes first, beauty follows. The greater your capacity for love, the more beauty you find in the world. Votes: 0

There are two groups of people in this world; first, those who have everything but nothing and second, those who have nothing but everything. Votes: 0

If world peace is to be established, peace in the individual must be established first. Transcendental Meditation directly brings peace in the individual life. Votes: 0

I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that. Votes: 0

There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world. Votes: 0

I really think that the psychedelic realm is the realm of ideas, and that ideas which change the world come first from that place. Votes: 0

It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first. Votes: 0

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Votes: 0

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations. Votes: 0

Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me. Votes: 0

I always thought I'd be the one to go first. The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I'm mourning my brother Phil. Votes: 0

There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. Votes: 0

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world. Votes: 0

We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America. Votes: 0

In a perfect world I think we would microdose with LSD instead of giving teenagers Adderall. But I'd like to see it studied first. Votes: 0

TV is very much my first love. I love this world. It's where writers have the most creative control, and I just love that. Votes: 0

My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world of music 24 / 7. Votes: 0

Who is going to be the first to face up to the need for self-restraint in the number of children brought into the world? Votes: 0

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. Votes: 0

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Votes: 0

The perfect world, by Adam trod, Was the first temple--built by God-- His fiat laid the corner stone, And heaved its pillars, one by one. Votes: 0

A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. Votes: 0

The Second World War took place not so much because no one won the First, but because the Versailles Treaty did not acknowledge this truth. Votes: 0

Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing. Votes: 0

If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first. Votes: 0

I love Southeast Asia. As a child, I lived in that part of the world. My first time in Burma was in 1958 with my parents. Votes: 0

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing. Votes: 0

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.' Votes: 0

Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854. Votes: 0

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. Votes: 0

When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of people in the world: Submissive and rebellious. The problem of the world is that majority is in the first category! Votes: 0

The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world. Votes: 0

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will? Votes: 0

Your first duty to God, to yourself, and to the world is to make yourself as great a personality, in every way, as you possibly can. Votes: 0

First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general. Votes: 0

See the world as if for the first time; see it through the eyes of a child, and you will suddenly find that you are free. Votes: 0

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu. Votes: 0

In Goya's greatest scenes we seem to see the people of the world exactly at the moment when they first attained the title of 'suffering humanity Votes: 0

When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is. Votes: 0

The first issue of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine is a wonderful door to a seductive new world. Let's all go in! Votes: 0

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most. Votes: 0

I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United. Votes: 0

The world as first seen by the child becomes his lifelong standard of excellent, mindless of the fact he is admiring the ruins of his parents. Votes: 0

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind. Votes: 0

I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be first in the world. Votes: 0

I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world. Votes: 0

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time. Votes: 0

In the last generation, with public Christianity in headlong retreat, we have caught our first, distant view of a de-Christianized world , and it is not encouraging. Votes: 0

If mothers are our first teachers, then having a narcissistic one teaches us that human closeness is terrifying, and the world is a heartless, inconsistent place. Votes: 0

If you want to fly higher, first you have to spread your wings.. The world's big and there are a lot of places you can fly^^ Votes: 0

Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers. Votes: 0

I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice. Votes: 0

If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy. Votes: 0

Even if it doesn't sound like it at first, that's an identity that Europe can go out into the world with and take a leading role. Votes: 0

At first I was a little leery to just post photos of my little girl all the time and kind of exploit her to the world. Votes: 0

The first issue of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie's The Wicked + The Divine is a wonderful door to a seductive new world. Let's all go in! Votes: 0

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature. Votes: 0

Before claiming that your own country have the best mountain or have the most wonderful forest or have the prettiest temple, first travel around the world! Votes: 0

What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't care for myself. James saved my life. Votes: 0

I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985. Votes: 0

There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn on that. Votes: 0

Strong as it looks at the outset, State-agency perpetually disappoints every one. Puny as are its first stages, private efforts daily achieve results that astound the world. Votes: 0

Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square,From the first point of his appointed sourse,And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse. Votes: 0

That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit. Votes: 0

If you wanna maintain 20 percent of the world's income with 4 percent of the world's people, you gotta first of all have more shared prosperity and shared growth. Votes: 0

We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature, executive and judiciary and police. Votes: 0

First-world science is one science among many; by claiming to be more it ceases to be an instrument of research and turns into a (political) pressure group. Votes: 0

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us. Votes: 0

Ethiopians, that is, Negroes, gave the world the first idea of right and wrong and thus laid the basis of religion and all true culture and civilization. Votes: 0

I think that my interest as a creator always comes first, so I'm wondering things like "Just how free is this world?" and "Where are the boundaries?" Votes: 0

For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon. This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens, our youth. Votes: 0

When I first met Aaliyah - it time for the world to hear this, I'm gonna give a little secret - I was in love with her. Votes: 0

The networked world offers the promise that maybe the information technology industry will start to, for the first time in a decade or so, address CEO-level issues. Votes: 0

If you really want to change the world, you must first understand it adequately, or all you will do is reproduce in larger numbers your own ignorance. Votes: 0

As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own. Votes: 0

Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous. Votes: 0

You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word. Votes: 0

In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do. Votes: 0

The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world. Votes: 0

When a boy's first romantic interlude is with Pheobe the Dog-Faced Girl, he feels a need to get out into the world and find a new life. Votes: 0

There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word. Votes: 0

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms. Votes: 0

I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about. Votes: 0

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names. Votes: 0

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it. Votes: 0

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there. Votes: 0

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman. Votes: 0

We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression. Votes: 0

I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty, and then slip out of the world with the first wrinkle and the reputation of five-and-twenty. Votes: 0

The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty. Votes: 0

No matter what they say in the conferences and symposiums about poverty and hunger in the world. At the end, they are the first one forgetting us. Votes: 0

Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one. Votes: 0

Paris Hilton is going on a goodwill mission to Rwanda. It’s the first time an entire Third World country will have to get immunizations for a visitor. Votes: 0

In those first few hours officially single again the world seems like it expands, suddenly bigger and more vast now that you have to get through it alone. Votes: 0

Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record. Votes: 0

The girls I've dated hate me a little because I can't remember anything about first dates or when we kissed. I have the worst memory in the world! Votes: 0

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. Votes: 0

To the degree you have experienced intimacy with God, you won't be afraid of death because you're experiencing the first tastes and promises of heaven in this world. Votes: 0

The richest man in the world is not the one who still has the first dollar he ever earned. It's the man who still has his best friend. Votes: 0

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts. Votes: 0

You learn to read in kindergarten or first grade, and suddenly there's this other world that isn't your family or your school or your friends. It's something else. Votes: 0

To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of the world. Votes: 0

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death. Votes: 0

A lot of people seem nice when you first meet them. Then later you find out that they are evil villains who plan to take over the world. Votes: 0

2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series! Votes: 0

The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors never mated in the first place. Votes: 0

What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward. Votes: 0

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang. Votes: 0

Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip. Votes: 0

The world is to be carried forward by truth, which at first offends, which wins its way by degrees, which the many hate and would rejoice to crush. Votes: 0

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect. Votes: 0

I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it. Votes: 0

Our business here is to be Utopian, to make vivid and credible, if we can, first this facet and then that, of an imaginary whole and happy world. Votes: 0

The Internet moves very fast. In the old world, we could afford to sit and analyze forever. But in the new world, the first mover has the advantage. Votes: 0

The commercial music video industry is very hard to break into, and until you break in, that first job is the hardest thing in the world to get. Votes: 0

We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses. Votes: 0

They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world. Votes: 0

I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb. Votes: 0

I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone. Votes: 0

He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. Votes: 0

I was against the war with Iraq. First of all, they didn't knock down the World Trade Centre. It wasn't Iraq that knocked down the World Trade Centre. Votes: 0

Fashion icon to me is somebody who has, the first person who struck you and introduced you to the world of fashion, and that person is my mom. Votes: 0

She is amazingly creative, bringing so much more to a song than just a singer. She is a first-class musician and the most gracious person in the world. Votes: 0

I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future. Votes: 0

First of all, these lenders are not babies. These are total killers. These are not the nice, sweet little people you think. You're living in a world of make-believe. Votes: 0

But I am dead certain--ba-dump-bump-ching--that I'm the first guy to lead an army of spirits in an assault from the spirit-world side...and had them start off screaming, "BOO! Votes: 0

Through knowledge we behold the world's creation, How in his cradle first he fostered was; And judge of Nature's cunning operation, How things she formed of a formless mass. Votes: 0

First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression. Votes: 0

When I first met him, he did not care if a friend did not fit into his world, because at that time his world had not been born yet. Votes: 0

Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and really the whole world, is my responsibility. Votes: 0

Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Votes: 0

When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up with bomb sites everywhere. Votes: 0

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh. Votes: 0

I didn't feel comfortable at first with pure mathematics, or as a professor of pure mathematics. I wanted to do a little bit of everything and explore the world. Votes: 0

The first priority of humankind in this era is to establish an effective system of world law that will assure peace with justice among the peoples of the world. Votes: 0

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training. Votes: 0

The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world. Votes: 0

If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, gentlemen, God help your souls. Votes: 0

One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate of the whole planet in our hands. Votes: 0

All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world's wildernesses I first should wander. Votes: 0

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want. Votes: 0

Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness. Votes: 0

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly. Votes: 0

This is the woman's century, the first chance for the mother of the world to rise to her full place . . . and the world waits while she powders her nose. Votes: 0

A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world. Votes: 0

I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world. Votes: 0

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it. Votes: 0

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning. Votes: 0

I look so fondly back on that time in my life when you first got an agent and you were in your mid-twenties and the world was your oyster. Votes: 0

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other. Votes: 0

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. Votes: 0

If the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last. They'd be all knowing in the beginning and innocent in the end... Votes: 0

Survival of the world depends on our sharing what we have, and working together. If we don't the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people. Votes: 0

My jet lag is getting a bit ridiculous. But, you know, it's first-world problems. It's a wonderful problem, 'Oh I have to travel around the world; how awful.' Votes: 0

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. Votes: 0

The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Votes: 0

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?' Votes: 0

My colleague Bill Keegan has written a very short book ('Saving the World?') on an unlikely topic - he is the first economist to try to rehabilitate Gordon Brown. Votes: 0

If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well. Votes: 0