“Every boy should know that masturbation may be the first step to homosexuality.”

“Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.”

“We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction.”

“I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.”

“Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it.”

“Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.”

“Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Sanskrit learning.”

“There's no doubt that there is a homosexual mafia. Indeed, we had a homosexual Prime Minister, Edward Heath. He's been very clever about it. He's never been found accosting little boys. It may have been hushed up. [Remark quoted in Roger Lewis, Anthony Burgess (2002), p. 184]”

“As with every phenomenon of the objective universe, the first step toward understanding work is to analyze it.”

“Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.”