“This is a hump you have to get over, and it usually comes in the first series.”

You get over the hump and you’re on a roll.

We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.

After my first year on ‘Gossip Girl,’ everybody said, ‘You’ve got to do a big commercial movie, ride this wave.’

Faulkner didn’t know he was William Faulkner. But they had to take the first step. They had to call themselves writers. That is the first revolutionary act a writer has to make. It takes courage. But it’s necessary

We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first priority.

Religious freedom is often referred to as America’s first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief that God has given all people certain inalienable rights.

Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.