#first

In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. ↗

— George Stephen

#i #novels #sold #wrote #year

First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#desires #economics #first #insatiable #macs

I looked along the aisle and saw her, and it was as if I saw her for the first time. Everything changed. The ancient featureless interior of me spangled orange, mint, cat-blue. I looked back to the window immediately, my face damp, my breath caught. And worried I would never have the courage to look at her again. ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#everything-changed #featureless #first-time #change

Her old Grannie and subject must be the first to kiss her hand. ↗

— Queen Mary

#first #hand #her #kiss #must

For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more. ↗

— Richard Masur

#commercial #deaf #disabilities #example #first

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse? ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#first #how #job #king #minister

Study first, play afterwards. ↗

— Daniel D. Palmer

#first #play #study

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#first-sentence #insects #transformation #dreams

The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. ↗

— George Leigh Mallory

#any #ask #climbing #everest #first

Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true. ↗

— Mike Weir

#being #canadian #championship #come #dream