First Quotes

It is the first cry after birth

In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don’t understand racism.

Yeah, at first people were talking about me. But now everyone is wearing their clothes more fitted.

I started in the music business I was first introduced to 1650 Broadway, uh, which was in reality where everything happened in the ’60s.

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

I’m very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates.

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.

When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.

Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.