T Quotes
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“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.”
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.”
“The first requisite of civilization, therefore, is that of justice — that is, the assurance that a law once made will not be broken in favour of an individual. This implies nothing as to the ethical value of such a law.”
“The first requisite of stewardship is to give ourselves to God. Thus, a logical recognition of God's absolute ownership should follow.”
Source: The Grace of Giving: A Biblical Study of Christian Stewardship
“The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.”
Source: Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence and of Persuasion : with Rules for Argumentative Composition and Elocution
“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.”
“The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.”
“The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.”
“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.”
Source: Leadership is an Art
“The first responsibility of a "liberated" woman is to lead the fullest, freest, and most imaginative life she can. The second responsibility is her solidarity with other women. She may life and work and make love with men. But she has no right to represent her situation as simpler, or less suspect, or less full of compromises than it really is. her good relations with men must not be bought at the price of betraying her sisters.”
“The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.”
“The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.”
“The first revolution is to transform the status of evaluation from untouchable to respectable , i.e., from the days a century ago when the value-free doctrine held that there could be no place for the serious treatment of evaluation within the sciences (or in the company of other respectable disciplines like history, jurisprudence, mathematics, etc.) to the days when even the National Academy of Sciences is doing evaluations at the request of Congress without protest from leading scientific and other professional organizations, and everyone will have good reasons for this acceptance.”
“The first revolution is when you change your mind”
“The first right an immigrant is stripped of is the right to be political.”
“The first right of any person in any society must be the right to communicate. Without communication there is no way to safeguard our other rights or for us to participate fully in a society. When your right to communicate is interrupted by those who would be your voice, your face or your representative, you are being subjected to the governance of another.”
“The first right of every child is to be wanted, to be desired, to be planned for with an intensity of love that gives it its title to being.”
“The first right of every human being is the right of self-defense. Without that right, all other rights are meaningless. The right of self-defense is not something the government bestows upon its citizens. It is an inalienable right, older than the Constitution itself. It existed prior to government and prior to the social contract of our Constitution.”
“The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.”
Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.”
“The first role as "Fashion Show Guy" should not be on my IMDb anymore. That's the sort of thing you put on your IMDb when you have no credits and you really just want to have a line on your résumé. I had just gotten to New York and there was a massive open call for extras for Sex and the City. One of my college roommates' buddies - there was some connection - she worked in the office and saw my name in the massive stack of randoms just trying to be on the show, which was a big hit. She's like, "I know this dude. Let's throw him in there."”
“The first role I ever did... I played a Nazi skinhead.”
“The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.”
“The first rose on my rose-tree
Budded, bloomed, and shattered,
During sad days when to me
Nothing mattered.
Grief of grief has drained me clean;
Still it seems a pity
No one saw,—it must have been
Very pretty.”
Source: Renascence and Other Poems
“The first rose on my rose-tree Budded, bloomed, and shattered, During sad days when to me Nothing mattered. Grief or grief has drained me clean; Still it seems a pity No one saw,—it must have been Very pretty.”
Source: Millay: Poems
“The first Rotarian was the first man to call John the Baptist Jack.”
“The first rough draft of history.”
“The first round of dessert was a glass-like tortellini filled with rose hip fudge, flower petals, and wood sorrel. The inside was sweet, jammy, and tasted of cooked plum. And then the final dish: a small potted purple oxalis plant surrounded by fresh herbs, which gave Cassie a feeling of déjà vu.
"And we've come full circle," said Kelly, picking up the hand-forged garden trowel that came with the plate. She cut the dish in half, revealing a layered cake of rose-scented ice cream in a chocolate pot topped with edible chocolate dirt.”
Source: Eat Post Like
“The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.”
Source: The Fable of the Bees
“The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of water, you might not need a boat.”
“The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first.”
Source: Moon Over Soho
“The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they’re the ones to take it away from you.”
“The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.”
“The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.”
Source: Letters to a Young Lawer (Easyread Large Edition)
“The first rule for prayer, the most important first step, is not about how to do it, but to just do it; not to perfect and complete it but to begin it. Once the car is moving, it's easy to steer it in the right direction, but it's much harder to start it up when it's stalled. And prayer is stalled in our world.”
“The first rule for speaking well is to think well.”
“The first rule for success? Show up.”
“The first rule in advice giving is this: A person may not be traveling your road, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re lost.”
“The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper.”
“The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper: paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you really want to keep something secret, don't write it down.”
“The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.”
Source: What the Lady Wants
“The first rule in making money is not to lose it.”
Source: The Money Plan: Creating Personal Wealth for a Secure Future
“The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself”
“The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.”
Source: A Journey
“The first rule in the book of love is acceptance.”
Source: Wishing on Raining Stars
“The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.”
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”
“The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, the fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.”
Source: The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945
“The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.”
Source: In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition
“The first rule of any game was to assume you could win, even if you had to hunt through the universe’s cracks for a strategy, even if you had to turn the pieces inside-out, even if you had to tell so many lies to the opponent that they couldn’t figure out which way was up.”
Source: Revenant Gun