What would be a good starting sentence for a short story?

I asked myself this before but now I write stories and ideas like there's no tomorrow. In my opinion I like to start with my characters name or maybe a quote. An example with my Prince Oscar story is... " Prince Oscar have fun on your journey!" everyone yelled joyfully at me as the large cruise pulled away from the harbor of Germany. Leave the reader wanting to read more.

There are five main elements to a story

1. setting
2. character
3. plot
4. narrative
5. theme.

You can use any one of these as a starting point for a story.

1. The night was dark and stormy and the rain came down in torrents
2. Tommy Thompkins was an Indian slave in the days when slaves were still had.
3. An orange ball of fire erupted from the fifth story Windows and jerked the city alive.
4. Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed.
5. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.