Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
Voltaire
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GERRY MULLIGAN After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?
{Said i...
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG When I met Rachel Robinson for the first time, she is a regal woman, and she was like a grandmother ...
CHADWICK BOSEMAN I met a fool i' the forest,
A motley fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The first thing the secretary types is the boss.
DONALD TRUMP The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
KARL LAGERFELD But Basquiat is the first thing I've done that I'm really proud of.
CLAIRE FORLANI The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.
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HARRY FIRST The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
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RICHARD FEYNMAN Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
CHARLES SIMMONS Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool
CHARLES SIMMONS It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
ADAM DEREK SCOTT Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
AYRTON SENNA When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
KINKY FRIEDMAN Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.
FREDDY FENDER Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.
JANIS JOPLIN It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
AESCHYLUS Did I think he was “the one?” Iʼll never know. At sixteen, everyone is “the one.
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VALERIE JUNE Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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ED WEEKS The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.
FRED ALLEN I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.
SIDNEY CROSBY At the end of the first lunch, there was a group of about - I don't know how many it began as - but ...
DEB BAKER The first one I actually met was George Harrison,
PETE BEST The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
ITALIAN PROVERB When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
WAYNE NEWTON In your absence i knew everything i wanted to know when i first met you.
HAIFA SANAD For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.
LEMONY SNICKET When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.
VEERAPPA MOILY Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
NORMAN DOUGLAS Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
NORMAN DOUGLAS I'll be the first one to tell you that I'm not the most casual person.
JULIE MACKLOWE I loved dinosaurs, I loved space, and I thought maybe I'd be the first paleo-astronaut.
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On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first ...
DANTE ALIGHIERI When we first began visiting him, Charles would be very listless and non-responsive. Now, we're able...
TYE WALTON When I began the first step to establish this center, I faced many measures I must follow and a lot ...
ARWA THABET When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.
ROBERT BRIDGES When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
RITA RUDNER When I eventually met Mr Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
RITA RUDNER Freedom began on the day the first sheep wandered away from the herd.
MARTY RUBIN The first thing I always look at on a girl is her eyes.
LANDON LIBOIRON The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.
GEORGE MACDONALD The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color.
MILLARD DREXLER The first thing I did was a print ad for Century Plaza. I was five.
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