Big Quotes: Embracing the Immensity of Life

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

Charles de Gaulle, Leader

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

Robert Brault, Philosopher

"Big words seldom accompany good deeds"

Charlotte Whitton, Politician

"If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll"

Steven Adler, Musician

"Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities"

Ralph Marston, Writer

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

John Dyer, Artist

"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other"

Ronald Reagan, President

"China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"

Charles de Gaulle, Leader

"The big gay clubs like Heaven started having mixed nights in the late '80s"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out"

Victoria Beckham, Musician

"If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!"

Victoria Beckham, Musician

"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country"

Lyn Nofziger

"Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it"

Imelda Staunton, Actress

"A big iron needle stitching the country together"

Jessamyn West, Author

"We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life"

Jim Capaldi, Musician

"Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference"

Inge de Bruijn, Athlete

"I knew that if I concentrated on AdBrite, I could probably make a big company out of it"

Philip J. Kaplan, Businessman

"We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it"

Abraham Lincoln, President

"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it"

Lyndon B. Johnson, President

"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new"

Og Mandino, Author

"Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is"

Mae West, Actress

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space"

Douglas Adams, Writer

"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year"

Peter Drucker, Businessman

"Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught"

Honore de Balzac, Novelist

"At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"

David Byrne, Musician

"From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives"

Laura Miller, Politician

"But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me"

Michael W. Smith, Musician

"My interest in his new toy, the Theremin, isn't very big. It simply does not fit into my way of playing music. I do not want to fiddle around with my hands in the air"

Klaus Schulze, Composer

"I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me"

Andrea Bocelli, Musician

"I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children"

Peter Brimelow, Journalist

"Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment"

Arne Jacobsen, Architect

"Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior"

Henry Ossawa Tanner, Artist

"The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten"

George William Curtis, Author

"Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins"

Carly Simon, Musician

"Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'"

Bill Maher, Comedian

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen"

John Wooden, Coach

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