#first of all

We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise. ↗

— Jean Charest

#because #canadian #exchange #expertise #first

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canada #case #destroys #first #first of all

Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank God I'm alive today, and I mean that. I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#big #first #first of all #god #i

First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#artistic #book #challenge #creating #experience

First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#breaks #companies #crime #fact #favor

I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long. ↗

— Graham Nash

#almost #because #been #david #did

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#first #first of all #good #happens #identify

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor. ↗

— Patti Smith

#first #first of all #lasted #really #survivor

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#first of all #freedom #health #liberties

When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#down #excuse #first #first of all #god