A Year Of Firsts Quotes & Sayings

We can all agree that no American should lose their life savings or their home because of illness or injury and that the rising cost of health care severely burdens individuals, families and businesses. — Judd Gregg

The first year of marriage is like wet cement - the impressions made in it are much harder to change once it has set. — Robert Wolgemuth

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success. — Richard North Patterson

If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . — Richard P. Feynman

Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying. — Stephen Hawking

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material. — John Linder

I got my MacBook in the first year at university, and that's really when I stopped playing live instruments and started geeking out on my laptop. — Ryan Hemsworth

You spend a long time waiting for life to start - the past year or two filled with all these firsts, everything new and terrifying and significant - and then it does start and you realize it isn't what you'd expected, or asked for. — Megan Abbott

We are having the 100th anniversary of 2015 year of the first in the nation primary in New Hampshire. And these voters take their responsibility very seriously. They like to kick the tires. They get the most up close and personal look in the entire arc of the campaign at the candidates. And debates are time consuming. — Hillary Clinton

Not until she'd left the room did Kate realize that Bunny hadn't ended a single one of her sentences with a question mark. — Anne Tyler

Our first-year list is Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (translated by Arunava Sinha), Hwang Jung-eun (translated by Jung Yewon), and Khairani Barokka. — Deborah Smith

If you can't explain what you are doing to a nine-year-old, then either you still don't understand it very well, or it's not all that worthwile in the first place. — Albert Einstein

I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at SOAS, which led straight into a PhD. — Deborah Smith

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour. — Arthur Ashe

In the midterm elections, a 102-year-old woman voted for the first time in a U.S. election. Unfortunately, she voted for Woodrow Wilson. — Conan O'Brien

They say you always remember the big firsts in your life. I will never forget the morning I was outwitted by an almost-four-year-old for the first time. — E.L. Phillips

I watched Anderson Cooper 360 for a year before I realized that the second hour was a repeat of the first. I just thought his reporting seemed familiar. — Andy Kindler

In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year. — Allan Nairn

I tend to get very nervous before the first races of the year. It takes you a bit of time to get into the season. — Alistair Brownlee

It really was a hell of a motorcycle, ..It was arguably the first American motorcycle company, beating Harley by a year or so. Indian was the standard by which everything was gauged. — Jerry Springer

Sole Alessandra Torre I've had a lot of firsts in the last three years. Today is a new one. First time throwing a three-year-old Birthday party, Hollywood Style. Too bad my sexier-than-sin husband is absolutely no help. And Cocky is in the pool. And Ben is having a panic attack. And Justin is feeding my child sugar at every opportunity. This is past the dirt, and more than just Hollywood. This is our life as Sole. — Alessandra Torre

The first pale blossom of the unripened year. — Anna Letitia Barbauld

I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla. — Twyla Tharp

The first EDSer to see a snake kills it. At GM, first thing you do is organize a committee on snakes. Then you bring in a consultant who knows a lot about snakes. Third thing you do is talk about it for a year. — Ross Perot

My love simply greater than you always. Your each breath cuts me. — Mahatma Gandhi

Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time. — Rachael Yamagata

He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt. — Anais Nin