#first

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#defeat #evolution #first #first step #formal

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#awake #been #before #cannot #did

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#always #first #first love #last #like

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#chance #fail #first #first time #just

But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class. ↗

— Dan Wheldon

#career #class #did #everything #executed

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified. ↗

— JoBeth Williams

#first #i #kramer #movie #only

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.' ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#doing #first #get #here #kid

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#american people #blood #compared #first #humanity

Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong. ↗

— Mary Beth Whitehead

#being #comes #crusade #first #husband

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#about #around #become #best #better