#first

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#hire #people #second-rate

All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#be the first #declare #down #first #form

But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#achievement #atom #atom bomb #became #bomb

Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#assembly #called #elimination #first #general

Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it. ↗

— Tim Roth

#anything #first #had #i #i think

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government

These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister of the country I am proud of each and every one of these achievements. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#also #am #apology #australians #closing

We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #constitution #first #moving #recognition

Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai. ↗

— David Rudisha

#also #back #be the first #because #being

If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#case #chaotic #disaster #first #going