#last

Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one. ↗

— Herbert Bayard Swope

#eye #first #forget #give #last

I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#creative #creative ways #find #gay #going

We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved. ↗

— Valentino Rossi

#bike #compare #did #fast #help

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country? ↗

— Marco Rubio

#american #another #arrive #boatload #country

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

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#contrary #day #first #house #last

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#any #become #being #could #die

The last six months of the Bush administration lost four million jobs and the first six months of the Obama administration lost another four million before any initiatives of the president could take action. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#administration #another #any #before #bush

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#about #am #answer #asked #been

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job. ↗

— Billy Joel

#actually #age #ax #been #business