“Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.” FirstsHas BeensFallCausesHalfGrowingProductsColdOfficePercentRateSignificantBudgetsAnalysisGrossDeficitTurkeysCliffsReductionRecessionsAnnualsGross Domestic ProductCold Turkey Author:Christina Romer
“Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.” FirstsHelpingProcessStruggleWorstColdLet MeHotDrinkingWarmAlcoholWeatherThings To DoWorst ThingsSoupDrinking AlcoholCold HeartCold WeatherHot Soup Author:Morgan Freeman
“When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write.” WritingFirstsBookStoriesLightWorkMorningColdWarmEvery MorningDaily Work Author:Ernest Hemingway
“By firm immutable immortal laws Impress'd on Nature by the GREAT FIRST CAUSE, Say, MUSE! how rose from elemental strife Organic forms, and kindled into life; How Love and Sympathy with potent charm Warm the cold heart, the lifted hand disarm; Allure with pleasures, and alarm with pains, And bind Society in golden chains.” FirstsHeartHandsPainFormLawScienceCausesNatureNaturalPleasureColdRoseWarmGoldenChainsFirmCharmImmortalMuseImpressStrifeAlarmsElementalsAllureCold Heart Book:The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts ... The Economy of Vegetation, and The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes Source: The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts ... The Economy of Vegetation, and The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes
“I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.” WritingFirstsMadeBookHelpingHouseEffortColdConsciousRiversImpactCypresses Author:Michael Koryta
“I shall soon be laid in the quiet grave--thank God for the quiet grave--O! I can feel the cold earth upon me--the daisies growing over me--O for this quiet--it will be my first.” FeelsFirstsI CanEarthDeathGrowingColdQuietGravesThank GodDaisies Author:John Keats
“I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.” PeopleFirstsLittlesRememberNightChurchFourMinutesColdTenTinyNervousFloridaSermonsCold Night Author:Billy Graham