T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The first step, and the thing that everyone has to do right on the Internet is make something people want.”
“The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.”
“The first step... shall be to lose the way.”
“The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.”
“The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.”
Source: Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage
“The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight.”
Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
“The first steps toward gun control in the United States, though, were doubtlessly rooted in racism. The first gun control measures in this country were designed to keep firearms out of the hands of newly freed slaves upon conclusion of the Civil War.”
Source: Cooperation and Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics
“The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the
selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see. Presumably the
unselfish motives will follow as we wise up.”
Source: Small Wonder
“The first stop on this crazy train is Kindergarten Junction, and nobody gets off until it pulls into Harvard Station.”
Source: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.”
“The first story I finished was when I was six years old.”
“The first story I have to tell is not exactly true, but it isn't exactly false, either.”
Source: Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art
“The first story I wrote was "Catface" which was later selected for The O. Henry Collection, so that gave me some confidence to try some more. Gathering these stories together was fun, but I realized when I read them that I have certain mental preoccupations and they keep recurring in my stories.”
“The first story to read is the Biblical stories.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“The first stupid thing human learned is to speak a language and the second stupidest thing human learned is not understanding his own language”
“The first success of life is we find that life should live in what cause.”
“The first suicide bombing that entered my consciousness was the Beirut embassy bombing. It was very personal. I'd been in the embassy and I knew most of the people in the station who were killed in the bombing. So you take the personal aspect of it and the mystery of who the bomber was and the fact that a small group of people could drive us out of a country that was absolutely key to the United States, and what was behind this... The fact that they've been able to hide the embassy bombers' identities for all these years tells me we're up against a very capable movement.”
“The first summer that we spent together,
we did so many obscene things to each other, that
by the end of it, the trees blushed a shy shade of scarlet,
leaves falling to the ground, scandalized by our acts.”
Source: & Until The Dreams Come
“The first Sunday after Valentine’s Day is “Don’t Beat Yourself Up Day.” Have fun and be kinder to yourself. #DontBeatYourselfUpDay”
“The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family.”
“The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard.”
“The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.”
Source: Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job
“The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.”
Source: Les Misérables
“The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.”
“The first task in teaching for creativity in any field is to encourage people to believe in their creative potential and to nurture the confidence to try.”
Source: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
“The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.”
“The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"”
“The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.”
“The first task of the doctor is ... political: the struggle against disease must begin with a war against bad government." Man will be totally and definitively cured only if he is first liberated.”
Source: The birth of the clinic: an archaeology of medical perception
“The first task of the Federal Reserve system would be to finance the World War. The European nations were already bankrupt, because they had maintained large standing armies for almost fifty years, a situation created by their own central banks, and therefore they could not finance a war. A central bank always imposes a tremendous burden on the nation for "rearmament" and "defense", in order to create inextinguishable debt, simultaneously creating a military dictatorship and enslaving the people to pay the "interest" on the debt which the bankers have artificially created.”
“The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.”
Source: Magick in Theory and Practice
“The first task of the poet is to create the person who will write the poems.”
“The first tattoo I got was when I was 17, and it's a cross on my bicep with 'Only God Can Judge Me' underneath.”
“The first Tea Party protest was scheduled for Inauguration Day. So what were they upset about? Which part of the job he was doing before he even did it were they upset about? Secondly, if they claim to be upset with government corruption, government takeover, crazy spending, where were they from 2000 to 2008? Right? And why weren't they protesting the stolen elections?”
“The first teachers I met in life were:
my mother, hardship, and death.
The first mentors I met in life were:
friends, family, and mentors.
The first lecturers I met in life were:
intuition, experience, and conscience.
The first professors I met in life were:
nature, books, and truth.
The first educators I met in life were:
the past, the present, and the future.
The first scholars I met in life were:
the mind, the heart, and the soul.
The first masters I met in life were:
knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.”
“The first telescope opened the heavens; the first microscope opened the world of the microbes; radioisotopic methodology, as exemplified by RIA, has shown the potential for opening new vistas in science and medicine.”
“The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.”
Source: Three plays
“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.”
“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL
1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have enough time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with your needs in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.”
Source: Speak
“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL
1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.
TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL
1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say.”
Source: Speak
“The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.”
“The first ten thousand drawings are the hardest. Put another way, you have ten thousand bad drawings within and should expel them as quickly as possible.”
“The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know.”
Source: Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope
“The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.”
“The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went down the black hole, which also happened at the end of the Reagan administration.”
“The first test and the true duty, of a brilliant mind is to create.”
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.”
“The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small.”
Source: Just Representations: A James Gould Cozzens Reader
“The first test of potential in mathematics is whether you can get anything out of geometry.”
“The first - the most obvious (test of a true social entrepreneur) - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea... The idea - making it happen across society - is something they are married to in the full sense of the word. One key test of that is this: Is this an idea that you see growing out of their whole life? I get very, very suspicious when I see someone who had an idea two years ago. It just doesn't ring true. Because with the typical entrepreneur you can see the roots of the interest when they're very young. There's a real coherence to people's lives.”