F Quotes
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“First book was handwritten, then the printing press, now we've got our Kindles. To be able to push a button and a dictionary comes up. And then, at my age, that I can make the letters any size I want, and that I can carry all of William Shakespeare, all of Gogol, all of Franz Kafka in my handbag? You've got to love it.”
“First, break free; then break through.”
Source: Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.
“First, break free; then break through.
Dragons love to fly at the expanding edge of your world.”
Source: Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient Fire. Philosophy of Fragmentism Series.
“First: breakdown, impossible to sleep, impossible to stay awake, impossible to endure life, or, more exactly, the course of life. The clocks are not in unison; the inner one runs crazily on at a devilish or demoniac or in any case inhuman pace, the outer one limps along at its usual speed. What else can happen but that the two worlds split apart, and they do split apart, or at least clash in a fearful manner. There are doubtless several reasons for the wild tempo of the inner process; the most obvious one is introspection, which will suffer no idea to sink tranquilly to rest but must pursue each one into consciousness, only itself to become an idea, in turn to be pursued by renewed introspection.
Secondly: this pursuit, originating in the midst of men, carries one in a direction away from them. The solitude that for the most part has been forced on me, in part voluntarily sought by me –but what was this if not compulsion too? –is now losing all its ambiguity and approaches its dénouement. Where is it leading? The strongest likelihood is, that it may lead to madness; there is nothing more to say, the pursuit goes right through me and rends me asunder. Or I can –can I? –manage to keep my feet somewhat and be carried along in the wild pursuit. Where, then, shall I be brought? ‘Pursuit,’ indeed, is only a metaphor. I can also say, ‘assault on the last earthly frontier’, an assault, moreover, launched from below, from mankind, and since this too is a metaphor, I can replace it by the metaphor of an assault from above, aimed at me from above.”
Source: Diaries, 1910-1923
“First breath of air you were thrown t into life
No one told you your destiny was in your hands
Briefly laughter hugs and kisses unfold into your world
Where everyone is a friend and a stranger
A family you did not ask for, you did not pick
Language you did not know or understand
but was taught to be one of the tribe
Social heredity introduced you to religion
As days weeks months and years pass
Confusion gathered like pollution in your soul
You were just a soul looking for the meaning
You looked for a soul mate, twin flame a friend
The longing to belong in the arms of happiness
Uncertainty climbs like smoke dissolving in the sky
You knew all the avenues and alleyways and the streets
Especially the winding roads that lead to nowhere
Freedom calls you between the sky oceans and the land
Reflecting on your failed master plan you were so sure off
You plot and plan another chart another voyage
No one knows what adventures await you in the future
It was just life extracting another adventure from you
The map of life is always open doubts and danger always present
You chop and change the direction and location
Only to end up in another place you never planned for
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong
You knew what all people went through
The sod's law experience and heartbreak
You look searching for some life in the mirror
Like it was the holy grail of horror
You stand there naked drooling in sorrow
Nothing was left after
You know all the esoteric knowledge
Boarding the trains leaving for the border
Looking out the window to see your life passing
Memories all wrapped up in your breath
As you exhale another dream another disappointment
And it comes to you as another hope another surprise
You were just a lost soul looking for shelter
Just a lost cause looking for a hand at the alter
Life twists and turns and all you want is a soul
You can call a friend a lover a home
You search in the hope you will find it later
Another day a week a month another year
This is how life brings you experience”
“First bubble baths. Now Disney parks. You're shattering every creep vampire myth I've ever heard.”
“First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you're on your way to being a Texan.”
“First came him, then came I, then he came again and then I was lost forever.”
“First Cassian and Azriel appeared in the doorway. The High Lord's general and shadowsinger- and the most powerful Illyrians in history.
They were not the males I had come to know.
Clad in battle-black that hugged their muscled forms, their armour was intricate, scaled- their shoulders impossibly broader, their faces a portrait of unfeeling brutality. They reminded me, somehow, of the ebony beasts carved into the pillars they passed.
More siphons, I realised, glimmered in addition to the ones atop each of their hands. A Siphon in the centre of their chest. One on either shoulder. One on either knee.
For a moment, my knees quaked, and I understood what the camplords had feared in them. If one Siphon was what most Illyrians needed to handle their killing power... Cassian and Azriel had seven each. Seven.
The courtiers had the good sense to back away a step as Cassian and Azriel strolled through the crowd, toward the dais. Their wings gleamed, the talons at the apex sharp enough to pierce air- like they'd honed them.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“First catch your Boer, then kick him.”
Source: Following the Equator: (With Original Illustrations)
“First causes are outside the realm of science.”
“First character, then ability.”
Source: Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education
“First class in life has nothing to do with the clothes you wear, the car you drive or the house you live in. First class is and always will be about the content of your character, the quality of your ideas and the kindness in your heart.”
“First class Manager hire first class leader, second class Manager hire third class manager and third class manager fire first class leader.”
“First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business-not love.”
Source: The Science of Self-Realization
“First click attribution is akin to giving my first girlfriend 100% of the credit for me marrying my wife.”
“First coffee. You and I both know where you're concerned coffee keeps people alive. - Finley Salinger”
Source: The Ember Stone: Book One of the Ember Files
“First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me.”
Source: Conversations with Gore Vidal
“First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots.”
“First, come to the point where you realize you are alone, completely and utterly alone in the vastness of the universe and all of time.
Then realize you are not alone. Look back on your life and see the people who stood by you. There were some. Realize the God of your understanding cares.”
“First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.”
“First comes Self-confidence, that is the foundation. Then comes Self-satisfaction, it is like the wall. Next comes self-sacrifice, it is like the roof. Finally the house is complete and the Indweller is installed inside; that is Self-realization. It starts with Self-confidence and it ends with realizing the Self.”
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead”
Source: The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
“First comes the cash, then comes the ass, then come big blunts with chunks of hash.”
“First comes the day, then the seconds of the event, then the days which become weeks, then the months, then the years.”
“First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.”
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”
Source: Become Your Best
“First coming aboard, a new arrival makes a cautious survey of the crew, trying to winnow the affable and good-natured from the surly and truculent. Some of the crewmen will seem easygoing, happy-go-lucky, good-fellows-all; others may appear to be reserved or even aloof. Yet I found that at the end of a voyage these aloof ones were often the persons whom I grew to like and respect the most, while those who seemed so agreeable turned out to be rascals.”
Source: This Is Me, Jack Vance!: Or, More Properly, This Is "I"
“First consider the human systems and mission objectives when planning human space exploration. Understand what the mission is trying to accomplish and the duration. Design from the inside-out! Select the suits, cockpit/seats, EVA equipment and rovers, airlock, crew survival equipment, ECLSS, non-toxic fluids/gases/materials, crew quarters/hygiene systems, exercise equipment, water/air/waste recycling, quantity of food/water/oxygen, radiation protection, power source; then back out the spacecraft and launch vehicle that fit the items with +15% mass margin +10% volume margin. Dominant minds have prevailed in past space exploration architectures where a launch vehicle and spacecraft were proudly chosen prematurely, then when reality sets in; the same minds complain too much mass, too little volume, too high cost, and too long a schedule exist to fit their vehicles!”
“First Corinthians so clearly says that whether we eat or drink, do it all to the glory of God. It's not just self. Jesus said ... in Matthew 16, 'Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me.' The Osteens have just inverted that. They think it's not the denial of self, but the exaltation of self. They're not trying to pursue a cross; they're trying to pursue prosperity. And they're certainly not following the biblical Jesus. They're following whatever brings happiness and contentment.”
“First Cosmic Seal:
(Devic Seal 333) One who has received this Cosmic Seal is empowered to control not less than 40,000 spirits.”
Source: Devil's Inception
“First course: almond soup, white fricassee, boiled cod
Second course: chicken patties, jugged hare, roast venison, oyster loaves, mushrooms, cauliflower pickle
Dessert: apple tart, orange cream, plums in syrup”
Source: The Thief Taker
“First create jobs, and then provide skills to people.”
“First, create your ego. Then destroy it. This is all of life.”
“First crush, first kiss, first time I saw the ocean
And dug my toes in the sand
Baseball and summer nights, casting out when the fish first bite,
First time I got a Chevy in my hands
I thought nothing can touch that by a mile
I thought nothing can make that moment seem so worthwhile”
“First Date Small Talk
•It’s great to see you again. I’m so glad you were able to ______with me tonight.
•So tell me a little bit about yourself: who was your best friend growing up, how do you celebrate your favorite holiday, what do you eat for lunch?
•Did you go away to college?
•Where does your family live?
•I have five brothers and six sisters. How about you, do you have any siblings?
•What brought you to this city?
•Do you have any pets? Hobbies? Favorite activities during this season of the year?”
Source: The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills and Leave a Positive Impression!
“First day of school, make sure that you know your locker combination.”
“First day working with Tom Hiddleston. He is my ideal as an actor: brilliant, reliable, human, decent, open, and friendly. He charmed my daughter as he has charmed me. I think my kid charmed him, too. This is a fellow I could joyfully spend the rest of my career working with. He's that good and that generous.”
“First deal with your own tears; tomorrow do something about acid rain.”
“First decide what you got to do, then go out and do it. All we can do is to see each other through it.”
“First dentistry was painless.
Then bicycles were chainless,
Carriages were horseless,
And many laws enforceless.
Next cookery was fireless,
Telegraphy was wireless,
Cigars were nicotineless,
And coffee caffeineless.
Soon oranges were seedless,
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy was hatless,
The proper diet fatless.
New motor roads are dustless,
The latest steel is rustless,
Our tennis courts are sodless,
Our new religion--godless.”
“First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile.”
Source: The Secret Hours
“First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.”
“First, discover your sensuality; your sensuality is an expression of your taste, of your creative identity. Then convey it through your lifestyle and work.”
“First do it, then say it.”
“First, do no harm.”
“First doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“First draft blues:
"He tested the stick and glanced at the set handbrake. With his feet he felt the accelerator, the brake, the clutch. Backwards, but otherwise just the same, and comforting in a solid, mechanical way. It even smelled right, oil, petrol, lubricated warm metal, and the polished windshield seemed transparent in the night’s silver flood.”
Source: Deal With the Devil, Part One
“First draft: let it run. Turn all the knobs up to 11. Second draft: hell. Cut it down and cut it into shape. Third draft: comb its nose and blow its hair. I usually find that most of the book will have handed itself to me on that first draft.”
“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to re-form it.... The first draft of a book is the most uncertain-where you need guts, the ability to accept the imperfect until it is better.”
Source: Conversations with Bernard Malamud