William Shakespeare - Bill Shankly - Proverbs - Mark 9:34&35 - Damon Hill -
The first thing we do let’s kill all the lawyers. William Shakespeare, The First Part of the Contention II Henry VI IV ii 78, Butcher
If you are first you are first; if you are second you are nothing. Bill Shankly, Liverpool Football Club Manager
First come, first served. Late 14th century proverb
First things first. Late 19th century proverb
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. Mark 9:34&35
Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. Damon Hill, cited Sunday Times 18th December 1994