Wayne Dyer

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.

American Psychologist

Brene Brown

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.

American Author

Lord Byron

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

British Poet

Omari Hardwick

I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.

American Actor

Lou Diamond Phillips

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

David Lean

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

British Director

Terence Winter

First and foremost, you want to be truthful as a storyteller.

American Writer

Michael McCaul

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

American Politician

Karrueche Tran

First and foremost, it's important to love yourself.

American Actress

David Ginola

Football will always be my foremost passion.

French Athlete

Use 'foremost' to describe a person as a leading expert in a field.

Rank and Expertise

'Foremost' is like a superlative; it means top-ranked or number one.

Superlative Use

Even as the 'most important', 'foremost' doesn't always mean first in sequence.

Not Always First

As an adverb, 'foremost' signals the most urgent or important action to take.

Priority Action

It doesn't mean first in a literal series, but as the primary concern or step.

Not Literal First

Use it to emphasize the sequence of importance, not time, when listing steps.

Before Subsequent Steps

 becoming the city’s foremost scholar and taking over his position at the head of the Platonic school, similar to a modern university. She refined scientific instruments, wrote math textbooks, and developed a more efficient method of long division. But perhaps her most significant contributions to intellectual life

The murder of ancient...

 There is an awful lot of pressure, you know. First and foremost, you know, there's pressure because these guys are so important to not only us here at the zoo, but also to the breeding programme. Potentially, a lot of eyes around the world that are watching what we're doing and making sure we do a good job.

Handraising Twin Tiger...

 the cubs will be vulnerable to illness until they're around six weeks old so giles has got to keep a close eye on them round the clock there is an awful lot of pressure you know this first and foremost you know there's pressure because these guys are so important to not only

Adorable Tiger Cub...

 about regular old nail polish which it turns out is neither regular nor that old anyway compared to the nail polish of the ancients nail polish of today has a lot more ingredients because it has to do a lot more things first and foremost the color has to speak to some deep

Nail Polish PIPE...

 This is true for so many reasons, but first and foremost, I say this because once upon a time, my voice was stolen from me, and feminism helped me to get my voice back. There was an incident. I call it an incident so I can carry the burden of what happened.

Roxane Gay: Confessions...

 So what is it about this that has so intrigued mathematicians the world over? In short, it's full of patterns and secrets. First and foremost, there's the pattern that generates it. Start with one and imagine invisible zeros on either side of it.

The mathematical secrets...

 But there is a secret to appreciating it. Although he was famous for his plays, Shakespeare was first and foremost a poet. One of the most important things in Shakespeare's language is his use of stress. Not that kind of stress,

Why Shakespeare loved...

 I don't see these as women's issues that some good men help out with. In fact, I'm going to argue that these are men's issues, first and foremost. Now obviously -- Obviously, they're also women's issues, so I appreciate that,

Jackson Katz: Violence...

 they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up observing and absorbing from our parents

An inside look at...

 oceans. Fishing, breeding, farming are still the world's foremost human occupations.