#first

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. ↗

— Adam Smith

#first #gold #labour #money #original

In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them. ↗

— Delia Smith

#before #being #best #best way #deal

The first is last, and the last is first. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#last

JJ Abrams is definitely a guy that when he calls, you want to answer. He's incredibly focused. When he was shooting the pilot on 'Lost,' we'd do a take and he'd go back to his tent and be working on the first episodes of 'Lost' as well as the cliffhanger for the eighth season of 'Alias.' He's an incredible multitasker. ↗

— Jorge Garcia

#back #calls #definitely #eighth #episodes

Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half. ↗

— William E. Geist

#been #brown #could #dollar #first-class

We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#everyone #first #future #looking #wealthy

Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first. ↗

— William Glasser

#break #conference #first #good #good sense

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#allowed #between #capital #commerce #countries

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

#civics #efficient #first #government #home

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat. ↗

— David Johansen

#blew #first #latin #mind #music