Top 277 Foremost Quotes

We will be in the railroad business, first and foremost.
Philip Anschutz
You’ll never see me go into a fight and struggle to get up for it. I understand first and foremost what’s at stake.
Tony Bellew
‘Kimmy’ first and foremost is a show about a woman overcoming the odds. I think that they write the show in a way that you’re not beaten over the head with it, but showing and not telling. I think that’s really powerful.
Ellie Kemper
First and foremost, I love beer, and if there’s one job that’s more fun than being on TV or being a firefighter, it’s gotta be making beer.
Brian Quinn
Well, I’m… first and foremost I’m a theater guy and everything that I know comes from the theater.
Scott Bakula
Germany’s fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?
Horst Koehler
My belief is that if I can achieve that level of entertainment by making the audience happy or sad or angry, then I have succeeded as an actor and have done my job. The profits and the fame as an actor will eventually surface, but first and foremost comes the work as an actor.
Cole Hauser
I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.
Tara Westover
My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constitution, special status and a flag, and our foremost duty is to protect what we have.
Mehbooba Mufti
First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white.
Anthony Hemingway
We must first and foremost defend Hungary’s independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
Viktor Orban
I’m a dad first and foremost, then it goes hockey and then work, in that order.
Will Arnett
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I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
First and foremost I am a chef, whether behind the stove at one of my Northern California restaurants or for the past 15 years in front of the camera on my Food Network cooking shows. Creating new dishes and flavor combinations that bring cooks and our restaurant guests pleasure is my job and I love it.
Tyler Florence
The music has always been the first and foremost element in our career.
Joey Jordison
The role I play is defending, so you’ve got to be doing that first and foremost. The better you can get it will help the team and help you progress, and I work on that every day.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
First and foremost, I love Riddick Bowe more than anybody else could love him. If I wasn’t 100 percent sure that I was 100 percent sound, I wouldn’t jeopardize my life by getting back into the ring.
Riddick Bowe
First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I’m fit, I can challenge. If I ain’t fit, I can’t challenge.
Craig Bellamy
I’ve been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We’re all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it’s good to see.
Joe Lhota
I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.
Stephen Harper
Being a baseball player is most important, first and foremost. Obviously, there are other obligations that come with everything. You just need to balance it and take it in stride, but at the same time, be mindful of your time and prioritize everything and what is most beneficial.
Christian Yelich
I believe we need to focus first and foremost – as Donald Trump has done with such force and such passion – on border integrity and building the wall.
Mike Pence
My sister lives in Oklahoma. And, you know, it is so shocking that James Inhofe, the foremost climate-denying senator, is from the state that is so deeply climate-affected.
Naomi Klein
First and foremost, the onus is on yourself to perform your own duties. If you can’t, then it’s your family or community’s job to support you. If that still doesn’t work out, then the government will take responsibility to protect you.
Yoshihide Suga
I’m first and foremost a scientist.
Dean Ornish
Yeah, I had a good relationship with Coach Blatt. I enjoyed playing for him. But the NBA is, first and foremost, a business, and as much as you may have liked the situation you were at, sometimes it just doesn’t work out your way.
Joe Harris
First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
Brene Brown
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that’s right and proper.
Ian Anderson
I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.
Patricia Clarkson
I’m a builder, first and foremost.
Jamie Hyneman
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
Charles Duhigg
All you want to do is first and foremost a job for the team but if you can entertain the people in the stands, and make then enjoy their day, then it helps.
John McGinn
I don’t know that a lot of boys read ‘Rookie’, but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I’m devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don’t actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.
Tavi Gevinson
So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.
Abby Lee Miller
I’m first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.
Pierce Brosnan
My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters. You can’t ask for any more from talented actors like that.
Nick Cassavetes
As a public health official, paid sick leave is first and foremost an issue of health – of people’s lives.
Leana S. Wen
‘The Paris Review’s mandate has been the same for fifty years. First and foremost, this magazine is for writers; the editors’ task is to support and celebrate them, especially at the beginning of their careers, but also as they move forward, venturing stories that are creative, risky, new.
John D’Agata
Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.
Tariq Ramadan
Police are supposed to protect and serve, but sadly, they protect their self-interest first and foremost.
Seph Lawless
I have worked my way up in the food industry being strong and steady about who I am as a person, first and foremost, as a chef and professional, and certainly as a woman.
Christina Tosi
First and foremost, the United States did not ratify the 1998 Rome Statute that founded the ICC. Successive administrations have stood by that decision and, as a result, American citizens are not subject to ICC jurisdiction.
Robert C. O’Brien
It drives you on all season when you see the end rewards, first and foremost for your club, and then, obviously, to play at a World Cup is the pinnacle of anybody’s career.
Harry Maguire
I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compare

I’m foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make believe I know all about it, which is what you’re supposed to do as an actor.
Lloyd Bridges
Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
Vin Diesel
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.
Ruth Benedict
The mystery of being human and, certainly, of being a Catholic lies in our embracing together the imperfect state known as the human condition. First and foremost, if we could ever be perfect or do things perfectly, we would eliminate mystery, an essential ingredient in the good life and the spiritual life.
Eugene Kennedy
I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It’s a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports, but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder.
Chad Harbach
I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I’ve spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.
Ricky Ponting
I am the foremost expert on what Cory Stewart believes.
Corey Stewart
The essential lesson I’ve learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you’re not here as a human being only. You’re a spiritual being having a human experience.
Wayne Dyer
I am a Democrat. But first and foremost, I am a Coloradan and an American who wants government to function and solve the challenges we face as a country, then make way for people to pursue their dreams without interference.
Jared Polis
What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
Guillermo del Toro
First and foremost, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Michael Brown. As I have said in the past, I know that, regardless of the circumstances here, they lost a loved one to violence. I know the pain that accompanies such a loss knows no bounds.
Robert P. McCulloch
First and foremost, play what you love to play. Don’t try to jump on a bandwagon or a trend or a popular musical craze.
Mike Portnoy