“I stared up in disbelief at the information my eyes fed my brain, and lost myself to the stars. For the first time in my life I had a greater idea of how infinitesimally small our planet really is and, furthermore, how tiny and insignificant I am in the grand scheme of the vast universe. I took a seat on a rock next to Lily and took in the moment to comprehend the vastness of everything else, and the incredible smallness of I.” FirstsIdeasMomentsEyeUniverseNextLostStarsBrainGreaterRocksInformationPlanetsFirst TimeIncrediblesTinySeatsFedsSchemesInsignificantOur PlanetDisbeliefLiliesVastnessSmallnessLost Myself Author:Craig Stone
“For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it.” FirstsHumansMayWholeGoneFirst TimeSpeciesHuman Species Book:To Jerusalem and Back Source: To Jerusalem and Back
“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“The Freemen have 987 levels of membership, the first three of which are achieved merely by filling out an application. The 8th level is granted upon full acceptance into the local lodge, the 13th following Initiation, the 21st at the end of the Initiate's second week, and the 89th the first time he brings snacks.” FirstsEndsThreeLevelsWeekAcceptanceFirst TimeFollowingLocalsGrantedApplicationFillingMembershipInitiateSnacksInitiationFreemanLodges Author:Adam Rex
“The world political system is till based on the concept of the national sovereign state. For the first time therefore, in three hundred years economy and sovereignty are becoming divorced from each other.” WorldYearsFirstsStatesPoliticalThreeEconomyBecomingHundredConceptsFirst TimeSovereignSovereigntyDivorcedPolitical Systems Author:Peter Drucker
“I bought into Saks as a personal investment because, when I was a young man and went to America for the first time, it seemed to me that Saks was like a cathedral of retail. I never dreamt that I could one day be a part of it. And now I am.” MenFirstsAmericaYoungOne DayFirst TimeInvestmentYoung ManCathedralsRetail Author:Diego Della Valle
“For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have.” FirstsBookFeelingsBitsFirst TimeThoughts And Feelings Book:Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath Source: Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
“A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.” FirstsMaySaidFeetLandFirst TimeEnglishmen Author:Vilhjalmur Stefansson
“Miserable Orpheus who, turning to lose his Eurydice, beholds her for the first time as well as the last.” FirstsWellsLastsLosesFirst TimeMiserableOrpheus Author:Cyril Connolly