From Day One Quotes

#1. I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder.

Jim Cummings

#2. Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Mark McCormack

#3. From day one, since I was traded to the Clippers, the team has been amazing to not only me, but to my family.

Chris Paul

#4. From day one our next generation system will run all our exsisting software - so that gives us a head start.

Trip Hawkins

#5. I love rehearsals and I love creating a character, sticking with it until you have something to tell. It's always different though. Sometimes a director will tell you from day one what they want. Then you throw in your idea.

Gael Garcia Bernal

#6. Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.

Mako

#7. From day one, my mantra has been - and will continue to be - that as a government we were there to serve the people, not the other way around.

Dalia Grybauskaite

#8. I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.

Harold H. Greene

#9. I launched 'Lightspeed' magazine in 2010, and from day one, we've had a strict mission to try to have gender parity in the magazine because that was the first hurdle that science fiction and fantasy have been dealing with for a long time.

John Joseph Adams

#10. From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.

Brett Eldredge

#11. Just remember ... it doesn't matter how long you have known each other.. all that matters is that he has kept you smiling from day one

Cassie Ventura

#12. I grew up in a household without a lot of problems and they have been very supportive from day one.

Mario Lopez

#13. From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.

Tammy Baldwin

#14. As the son of a racing car designer and mechanical engineer, I was exposed to motorsports from day one.

Charlie Kimball

#15. From day one she was running, running, running.
...
She was always running toward.

Jandy Nelson

#16. I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

Flo Rida

#17. I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job.

Ron Dennis

#18. Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press.

Siobhan Fahey

#19. I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda.

Kojo Annan

#20. I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen.

James Meredith

#21. I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11.

Kit Harington

#22. I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think. That's always been a driving force for me.

Jack White

#23. I define leadership as: Emotionally, you own your business. You own it with passion. And you either have or you don't have an economic investment. But when you have all three of those, you are the boss from Day One, and you care every single day more than anyone.

Mickey Drexler

#24. The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.

Dick Costolo

#25. I just try to keep the same people I've had around me from Day One. Keep it a real small circle because if you do that, not too much is going to go bad for you.

Kevin Love

#26. I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

Miranda Lambert

#27. Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

Nancy Pelosi

#28. My mom has been my support system from day one. Admiring the type of person she is gives me a sense of what to look for in my ideal cheerleader when the time comes.

OMI

#29. I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

Jason Reitman

#30. My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.

Dan Gable

#31. Actually, I have been very supportive of a very robust stimulus package from day one. I think this economy has to have a major stimulus initiative because the only group with liquidity is the federal government.

Judd Gregg

#32. I would hope that American managers-indeed, managers worldwide-continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is so much more than exercising rank and privilege, that it is much more than "making deals." Management affects people and their lives.

Peter Drucker

#33. Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

Ban Ki-moon

#34. From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

Zac Efron

#35. One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all.

Jim Barksdale

#36. It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house and career from day one. I want to hold out for telly for the second half of the year.

Louise Jameson

#37. I am not concerned about getting reelected. I can make the unpopular but necessary decision. Your focus from day one is on your legacy rather than political considerations.

Benigno Aquino III

#38. I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

Kevin O'Leary

#39. My favorite process is writing, from day one. The songs I have written throughout the years were a real great opportunity for me to communicate, because I think tha'ts my prime objective on this planet.

Gloria Estefan

#40. And what's wrong with innocence, anyway? Huh? I don't get it. I grew up with no innocence. None. From day one, I was contaminated with the 'real world' and you know what? It sucked. It royally sucked." - Harper Bailey, Callum & Harper

Fisher Amelie

#41. Budge and I were sworn enemies from day one. But ever since the day I lifted the lid on the craziness that killed his best friend last fall, Budge has been extremely nice to me. We talk all the time. Like last week he said, "Hey, moron, can you pass the milk?"
That's some good progress.

Jenny B. Jones

#42. If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.

Theresa May

#43. I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on it while you shoot it. I think those are lessons you learn on any film.

Joseph Kosinski

#44. From day one, I've always been a girly girl. In pre-school I loved driving around in my super Barbie car.

Abbey Curran

#45. We have always tried to treat every album differently and even from day one I think that each Asia album has been approached with care and thought and hopefully that shines through twenty years later.

Geoff Downes

#46. When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.

Tony Fernandes

#47. 'Argo' was a great script from day one. I don't think we knew that it was going to be such a success.

Tate Donovan

#48. I don't care where [Ted] Cruz comes from. I don't care where the President comes from. Day one, I opened an investigation on a fraudulent government Hawaii document, period, on a birth certificate, so if you can say Cruz has fake documents, okay.

Joe Arpaio

#49. I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me.

Steven Van Zandt

#50. I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

Laura Dern

#51. You grow up in America and you're told from day one, 'This is the land of opportunity.' That everybody has an equal chance to make it in this country. And then you look at places like Harlem, and you say, 'That is absolutely a lie.'

Geoffrey Canada

#52. Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

Sam Sheppard

#53. I was a radioman when I first went into the Navy, so I learned to type by taking Morse code. So I was using the typewriter from day one. My handwriting wasn't any good anyway.

Robert Stone

#54. If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. That doesn't mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100% from day one, but there's always small progress that can be made to start the movement.

Kevin Systrom

#55. Well, you did it," I congratulated Patch. "I'm as trained as I'll ever be-a lean, mean sword-fighting machine. I should have made you my personal trainer from day one."
A rogue smile surfaced, slow and wicked. " No match for Patch.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#56. The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.

Vince Gilligan

#57. From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space.

Liu Yang

#58. I had to get used to the theater atmosphere because I haven't had a role on Broadway since Aida. It was a different process from day one because I was learning my parts by myself.

Heather Headley

#59. From day one, I've been prepared
With vo5 wax for my ginger hair.

Ed Sheeran

#60. To be honest with you, I walked into media day (in February at Daytona), and there were two people standing in line to conduct interviews, so from day one of this year, everybody's kind of written us off.

Kevin Harvick

#61. The moment the angel enters a life it enters an environment. We are ecological from day one.

James Hillman

#62. I dress women the way I see them and the way I envision them from day one, thus my customer knows that what she is looking for she will get.

Rachel Roy

#63. I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.

Monica Seles

#64. As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

Dominique Moceanu

#65. Redemption implies that your self worth comes at the end. I think it's there from the start. If it's your core values, it's there from day one.

Sean Patrick Flanery

#66. Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one.

Stellan Skarsgard

#67. From day one I was an inconvenience. But apparently I was a very cute baby so that helped my case a bit.

Ainslie Hogarth

#68. I've spent my whole life trying to get over having had Nikki for a mother, and I have to say that from day one after she died, I liked having a dead mother much more than having an impossible one. [p. 47]

Anne Lamott

#69. Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

Russ Feingold

#70. Just build your brand from day one, man. Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand, your brand is what keeps you moving.

Meek Mill

#71. I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.

Kaley Cuoco

#72. We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

#73. The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'

Andrew P. Harris

#74. I knew from day one, the truth would prevail, but I was so scared I didn't know what to do

Susan Smith

#75. I've been an 'Office' fan from day one. I knew Steve Carell in Chicago back in the day, so I started watching to support a Chicago guy and immediately got hooked on that show.

Jim O'Heir

#76. Nobody has trusted the Iranian government from day one, but the idea of just refusing to have any kind of talks is dangerous in the extreme. Every administration says at least that we're trying to have talks between Israel and Palestine and solve the Middle East peace problem.

Douglas Brinkley

#77. I was talking to my friend who's Israeli and she said that from the moment you're born, you're taught to hate the Palestinians. That's it. That's your life. That's what you learn from day one.

Jill Soloway

#78. I want inside of you - to ruin you from the inside out for anyone else, because you are mine. You may not want to accept it yet, but it's the truth. I told you from day one, it's inevitable. I'll be your first and best.

Ashley Claudy

#79. I would say luck and preparation. I didn't dominate WWE when I first started, it was a slow process. I wasn't labelled the golden child from day one, it's been a very long road.

John Cena

#80. I want to take the time right now to thank all the people who believed in me from day one. Gracias, gracias a todo gente creo en me. You know, I can prove that dreams do come true. I'm living proof that dreams come true in life.

Oscar Gutierrez

#81. Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.

George Thorogood

#82. Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.

Steve Alford

#83. Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as a character actor because he was a character actor because of his face from day one, so he would always work in the theater.

Denis Leary

#84. I live in Portland now. It's beautiful from day one. The Food and the beer, and no sales tax. Get your iPad while you're here.

David Giuntoli

#85. I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment - they don't have to love everything, but they do have to try it.

Alison Sweeney

#86. I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies ... True happiness comes from helping others, that's what was pounded in my head from day one ... So that began my teaching journey.

Greg Jackson

#87. I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.

Lena Headey

#88. Many small businesses are doomed from day one, not from competition or the economy, but from the ignorance of their owners ... their destiny is already decided because they have no idea how a business should be operated.

William Manchee

#89. From day one, my idea was always to use the gallery as this animated place to discover culture in a much bigger way.

Roselee Goldberg

#90. From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just depends on your perspective.

Ariel Pink

#91. Obviously you look at "Magic" (Ervin Johnson) and Michael (Jordan) and you learn from them growing up, but I think you are just born with it from day one.

Michael Redd

#92. My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.

Emeril Lagasse

#93. When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.

Alicia Keys

#94. Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

Joan Armatrading

#95. We have consumed each other from day one. And we truly never let go.

Krista Ritchie

#96. I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.

Kathie Lee Gifford

#97. Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine.

Hilda Solis

#98. From the day whe arrived at her husband's home, no one called her by her name.

Lauretta Ngcobo

#99. From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there's still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied.

Emile Zola

#100. One day a pickaninny was happy and the next the light was gone from them; in between they had been introduced to a new reality of bondage.

Colson Whitehead