“What really reinvigorated vaccines was Prevnar, the pneumococcal vaccine that prevents against meningitis and ear infections. Here was the first vaccine to cross the billion-dollar mark.” FirstsCrossesEarsMarkDollarsBillionsVaccinesInfectionMeningitis Author:Paul A. Offit
“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.” IfsShouldFirstsHas BeensEndsStoriesUsedLyingMy OwnWrittenSubjectsWallGunConcernedCrossesChaptersHanging On Author:Anton Chekhov
“All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down. A vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.” FirstsHas BeensArtLyingArt IsCrossesMalesWorks Of ArtStrokesEroticPenetrateOrnamentsVerticalHorizontalLying Down Author:Adolf Loos
“Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.” PeopleIfsNeedsFirstsReasonHelpingMotivationalRunningRememberLinesLeaderVisionCrossesConnectedPaceFinish Line Author:John C. Maxwell
“A cross could be a shape for expressing something spacious; such as the coordinators of space. That could be called its first significance or its first relevance.” FirstsSpaceShapesCrossesSymbolsSignificanceRelevanceCoordinator Author:Antoni Tapies
“In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.” FirstsSometimesRunningSchoolLessonsRiversCrossesSeasonsBridgesUp And DownRainyRainy Season Author:Haile Gebrselassie