“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
“God, Satan, Paradise, and Hell all vanished one day in my fifteenth year, when I quite abruptly lost my faith. ... and afterwards, to prove my new-found atheism, I bought myself a rather tasteless ham sandwich, and so partook for the first time of the forbidden flesh of the swine. No thunderbolt arrived to strike me down. ... From that day to this I have thought of myself as a wholly secular person.” YearsFirstsPersonsReligionFoundLostHellAtheismOne DayProveFirst TimeStrikesFleshSatanParadiseSecularForbiddenSandwichesHamSwineThunderbolts Author:Salman Rushdie
“One day you'll make peace with your demons, and the chaos in your heart will settle flat. And maybe for the first time in your life, life will smile right back at you and welcome you home.” FirstsHeartHomeOne DayFirst TimeChaosWelcomeSettlingDemonFlatsMaking Peace Author:Robert M
“The first time I saw my wife, Marjorie, I was doing stand-up in Memphis, and she was sitting in the front row. Afterward, I walked up and said, "Ma'am, I'm going to marry you one day". And 15 years later, I did.” YearsFirstsSaidSuccessFaithSawsWifeRelationshipFrontsOne DaySittingFirst TimeMy WifeMemphis Author:Steve Harvey
“While we were shooting the movie, we shot in the actual hotel in Hong Kong where it all went down, the Mira Hotel. Laura Poitras was coming to Hong Kong to do a screening of Citizenfour, and she ended up staying at the Mira Hotel. It was her first time back in Hong Kong, and I ran into her in the elevator. Literally I had just finished shooting one day, and I came back to the hotel and she was in the elevator.” FirstsOne DayShotsFirst TimeFinishedShootingRanHotelStayingElevatorsScreeningHong KongLaura Author:Zachary Quinto
“I went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd ever heard the word. It goes to show you how a person can grow up in America and have a college education and still not know a goddamned thing.” KnowsFirstsBelievePersonsStillsShowsAmericaGrowsGrowing UpHeardMiddleCollegeOne DayFirst TimeArmyAtheistSessionBullsCollege Education Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.” KnowsFirstsDeathDiesRelationshipSpecialOne DaySixHundredFirst TimeFishesFortySpecial YouSpecial Someone Author:Chuck Palahniuk