The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
Faith Hill

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
Alfred North Whitehead

When words leave off, music begins.
Heinrich Heine

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.
Mitch Albom

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.
Jean Cocteau

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Joseph Joubert

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
Pete Maravich

Architecture begins where engineering ends.
Walter Gropius

The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
Hilaire Belloc

Life begins at forty.
Walter B. Pitkin

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination.
Andrea Dworkin

But I don't believe anyone begins a homosexual.
Jerry Falwell

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth".
Dan Rather

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
Jean de la Bruyere

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
Mason Cooley

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
Mason Cooley

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen

Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.
Mason Cooley