F Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with F. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.”
“First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's ten feet long and three feet at the girth. Not one of God's creations like you and meSome say they ain't afraid of alligator gar fish. Bullshit. You look at that thing. It's big and mean. Swallow both of us. Them people say they ain't afraid tellin' lies.”
“First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back end of a truck. There was about 1500 screaming kids.”
“First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail”
“First time since I come to Am'rica, I not with husband or Rekha or in restaurant or store or car or apartment. I's all alone and I loves it. First time I feel everything not borrow. What I mean by that? When I with the husband, I seeing everything through his eyes - moon, sun, sky, tree, parking lot, store, everything. If he feeling sun too hot, I feeling upset. If he cursing the cold, I angry with snow. My brains not thinking my own thoughts.”
“First time someone broke my heart, I dropped out of engineering and emerged as the Monk Scientist. Second time when I lost my love, Planet Earth received the Poet Apocalypse.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“First time you hear something, it sounds outlandish and broken and like it doesn't make sense. But once it's been in your head awhile it's as if the other thoughts in there wriggle out of the way to give it some room.”
“First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.”
Source: Enchanted
“First times are always sacred. May we never run out of "firsts”
Source: Wantin
“First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.”
“First- to Mr. Ronald Weasley..."
Ron went purple in the face; he looked like a radish with a bad sunburn.
"... for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor house fifty points."
Gryffindor cheers nearly raised the bewitched ceiling; the stars overhead seemed to quiver. Percy could be heard telling the other prefects, "My brother, you know! My youngest brother! Got past McGonagall's giant chess set!"
At last there was silence again.
"Second- to Miss Hermione Granger... for the use of cool logic in the face of fire, I award Gryffindor house fifty points."
Hermione buried her face in her arms; Harry strongly suspected she had burst into tears. Gryffindors up and down the table were beside themselves- they were a hundred points up.
"Third- to Mr. Harry Potter..." said Dumbledore. The room went deadly quiet. "... for pure nerve and outstanding courage, I award Gryffindor house sixty points."
The din was deafening. Those who could add up while yelling themselves hoarse knew that Gryffindor now had four hundred and seventy-two points- exactly the same as Slytherin. They had tied for the house cup- if only Dumbledore had given Harry just one more point.
Dumbledore raised his hand. The room gradually fell silent.
"There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore, smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom."
Someone standing outside the Great Hall might well have thought some sort of explosion had taken place, so loud was the noise that erupted from the Gryffindor table. Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood up to yell and cheer as Neville, white with shock, disappeared under a pile of people hugging him. He had never won so much as a point for Gryffindor before. Harry, still cheering, nudged Ron in the ribs and pointed at Malfoy, who couldn't have looked more stunned and horrified if he'd just had the Body-Bind Curse put on him.
"Which means," Dumbledore called over the storm of applause, for even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of Slytherin, "we need a little change of decoration."
He clapped his hands. In an instant, the green hangings became scarlet and the silver became gold; the huge Slytherin serpent vanished and a towering Gryffindor lion took its place. Snape was shaking Professor McGonagall's hand, with a horrible, forced smile. He caught Harry's eye and Harry knew at once that Snape's feelings toward him hadn't changed one jot. This didn't worry Harry. It seemed as though life would be back to normal next year, or as normal as it ever was at Hogwarts.
It was the best evening of Harry's life, better than winning at Quidditch, or Christmas, or knocking out mountain trolls... he would never, ever forget tonight.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“First tolerance, then scripture.
First conscience, then science.
First empathy, then philosophy.
First ethics, then engineering.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“First truck called a 'pick-up' was an International Harvester S in 1921.”
“First, Trump and congressional Republicans should abandon Washington's obsession with comprehensive reform. Health is the largest sector of the American economy -- 18 percent of GDP -- and the most complex. Comprehensive legislation that affects one-fifth of our economy would be so complicated no one would understand it, and gaining majority support -- much less bipartisan support -- would be impossible.
Instead, health reform needs a slower-paced, transparent, simultaneous, issue-by-issue legislative approach. A series of hearings must be held to gather information and develop specific reforms that will improve health and health care. These hearings would have geographic as well as topical focuses so different citizens in different regions of the country will understand how the bill will affect them personally.”
Source: Understanding Trump
“First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply.”
“First try all other means, but if the wound
Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean
From the diseased the canker spread.”
“First tweet, best tweet, I always think. I try not to work them too much or else they get Pie Dough Disease, which is where the dough has been to too much college and doesn't understand that it is dough anymore and refuses to be shaped. Pie Dough Disease! Poems get that too.”
“First understand infinity then you will understand God and how evolution is intelligent design.”
“First up is the Coway AP-1512HH HEPA Air Purifier. So in case, you’re looking for high-quality purifiers, but at an affordable price, then it will be your first choice. It comes in both black and white colors. Also, the purifier has an attractive and appealing design and does not take much space in your house or office. With an innovative concept and added luxury, it almost resembles an iPod.”
“First up were these dainty heirloom vegetables, speared like lollipops on a "fence" of fine metal pricks. "I'm not a minimalist by nature," the chef explains of this simple yet exquisite dish, "but sometimes the stuff we get from the farm is so perfect, I feel like I shouldn't do much with it: just vegetables, naked, with salt and a little lemon vinaigrette." Andrew and I plucked the carrots, fennel, radishes, and greens one by one, relishing the powerful flavor contained within each, along with the snap, crunch, and wholesomeness. So simple and pure.
But it wasn't all so austere. We moved on to luscious potato gnocchi, fresh tilefish from Montauk, and my favorite, duck. Blue Hill gets its ducks from a local farm called Garden of Spices, where they're raised on grass, something that is rarely done in this country. "We cold smoke the legs for several hours- tenderizing the muscles from all that activity- and roast the breasts on the bone.”
Source: Brooklyn in Love: A Delicious Memoir of Food, Family, and Finding Yourself
“First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.”
“First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.”
Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“FIRST WATCHER Why do people die? SECOND WATCHER Perhaps because they don't dream enough.”
Source: The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
“First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make breathing easier for them by using our own life-saving devices on them.”
Source: My life: the autobiography of a scientist
“First, we autogynephilic transsexuals often observe that autogynephilia seems to exert its motive force indirectly, by giving rise to our strongly held, highly valued cross-gender identities. Second, our lives often do feel
as though they lack vitality and purpose if we fail to express our cross-gender identities. Finally, we often pay a heavy price for expressing our cross-gender identities,
because we are not naturally feminine and because the female personas we create
sometimes appear unusual or inauthentic—to ourselves as well as to others.”
Source: Men Trapped in Men's Bodies
“First we become the best, then we'll become first.”
“First we build people, then we build cars.”
“First we build the tools, then they build us.”
“First, we complicate things by ignoring them, and when they become complex, we start avoiding them.”
Source: Quantraz
“First we conceive the "I" and grasp onto it.
Then we conceive the "mine" and cling to the material world.
Like water trapped on the water wheel, we spin in circles, powerless.
I praise the compassion that embraces all beings.
– Chandrakirti”
Source: Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
“First we draw what we see; then we draw what we know; finally we see what we know.”
“First we eat, then we do everything else.”
“First we find a buried star and now we go to dig up a mint-new human”
“First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself.”
Source: The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure
“First we had the land and they had the Bibles, now we have the Bibles and they have the land”
“First we have to believe, and then we believe.”
“First we have to see. Or first we have to be taught to see. We have to be taught to see here, because here is everywhere, related to everywhere else, and if we don't see, hear, taste, smell and feel in this place - not only will we never know anything but the world of sense will be by that much diminished everywhere.”
Source: Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos Williams
“First we have to understand what doubts and fears are, how anxiety and doubts and fears come about. They are a psychic disease.”
“First, we just acknowledge that it is there inside us. If we don’t listen to our own suffering, we won’t understand it, and we won’t have compassion for ourselves. Compassion is the element that helps heal us. Only when we have compassion for ourselves, can we truly listen to another person.”
Source: Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
“First We Learn. Then We Automate.”
“First we lose, then we win in Life.”
Source: Why the Silhouette?
“First we lose, then we win in Life."
Recently many people in the IT and Tech sectors are facing a difficult phase of their life. I had similarly faced a difficult phase in the Finance sector in the year 2008.
We all have gone through failures in life. But that should not stop us from trying for success. Staying hopeful and working toward our goals bring us an opportunity to achieve success.”
“First we lose, then we win in life. The one who wins after losing is known as the Maverick!”
Source: Why the Silhouette?
“First we love within, then we love the world.”
Source: The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure
“First we make our attitudes. Then our attitudes make us.”
“First we molt,
then spin a web,
after this we weave,
until our food is dead.
Next dancing a jig,
And waiting for a meal,
Then we wrestle a bit
Til we sit and eat our fill.”
Captain Muntweight”
Source: Of Secrets, Spiders & and the End of the World
“First, we must find our path in life. Then, we must learn to protect it. Everywhere we look, at every point, we will find others who will work against our progression. We cannot rely on other people to protect and promote our abilities and purpose. Even loved ones may not be able to see what we have inside us. They may be uncomfortable about it. They may become nervous that some ability will take us from them. They may be unconsciously jealous of some ability that they would love to have but can’t quite master at the moment. All of this can lead to even friends and family unconsciously, but nevertheless deliberately, working against the unfoldment of certain forward moving things in our life.”
Source: Love's Longing
“First we must see that we cannot will ourselves to be open because openness is our very nature. Any tiny residue of willing, of wanting to be open takes us away from what we are. Willing never goes beyond willing. So the only way to be free from this circle is to glimpse the truth that openness is the egoless state, that it is here and now”
Source: I Am
“First we must understand that all of the world's deceptions flow from the belief that love is primarily for the fulfillment and comfort of the self. The world poisons love by focusing first and foremost on meeting one's own needs.
Christ taught that love is not for the fulfillment of the self but for the Glory of God and the food of others. True love is selfless. It gives; it sacrifices; it dies to its own needs.”
Source: I Kissed Dating Goodbye: Study Guide
“First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.”