#irs

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#boycott #effective #even #first #go

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#after #aim #enjoy #first #get

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#father #first #frequently #god #his

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series. ↗

— Joe Torre

#game #huge #series #want #win

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. ↗

— George Stephen

#books #effect #first #sale #two

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#against #ancestors #because #becomes #boots

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#england #first #goodnight #hayley #her

The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#ever #first #got #guitar #i

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#big #early #first #guy #had

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#different #everybody #first #first thing #friends