First Quotes

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else — men, guns, ammunition.

I remember the first time I saw the ‘Sugarhill Gang’ on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, ‘What’s going on? How did those guys get on national TV?’ And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.

It’s very evocative; it’s like a first cut because you hear ‘She walked to the door,’ and you visualize all these things. ‘She opens the door’ . . . because you read the stage directions, too.

The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in sight. This provides a boost in motivation during those moments when slogging forward seems impossible, giving you something tangible to work towards at every moment.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn’t fall down.

First one, then the other, getting the upper hand, and too seldom fusing till the result has the mellowness of full achievement.

I’d like my first Ryder Cup appearance to be in the United States.

How clever am I? I’m really quite clever. I mean, look, I’ve got a first-class degree from Oxford.

For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.

I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini.