Big Quotes

"A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people"

"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"

Chris Christie, Politician

"Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year"

Joseph Rotblat, Physicist

"I hate big models"

Imogen Cunningham, Photographer

"I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me"

Buddy Rich, Musician

"Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited"

George Wald, Scientist

"After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more"

Edward Grey, Politician

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting"

David Cronenberg, Director

"I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement"

Brian May, Musician

"I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves"

Brad Bird, Cartoonist

"We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early"

Daniel J. Evans, Politician

"I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material"

Meg Ryan, Actress

"If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth"

Maria Bartiromo, Journalist

"My eyes went blank, and I stared off, and the music started. It was raining, and the sun was shining at the same time, and there were these big bay windows, and there was the blue in the sky, and the sun on the trees, and it was drizzling"

Al Jarreau, Musician

"They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment"

Nia Long, Actress

"Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich. And be glad of it. And they really liked the low-down blues"

Muddy Waters, Musician

"The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility"

Bille August, Director

"It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake"

Bille August, Director

"We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts"

A. Philip Randolph, Activist

"If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they only print your thumbs"

Bugs Baer

"Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big"

Celine Dion, Musician

"My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body and big blue eyes. We were a force"

Jennifer Garner, Actress

"If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"I went to school, but they didn't give you too much schooling because just as soon as you was big enough, you get to working in the fields. I guess I was a big boy for my age"

Muddy Waters, Musician

"I know what it's like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it's a holding cell"

Lee Tergesen, Actor

"I absolutely love the fact that they are looking out for me and it's not really even just Charles and Dave. Out on the road, I'm one of very few girls out here. There's a lot of pseudo big brothers who are keeping an eye out on me"

Hillary Scott, Musician

"It's no big thing, but you make big things out of little things sometimes"

Robert Duvall, Actor

"This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character"

James Stockdale, Soldier

"Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard"

Muddy Waters, Musician

"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"It's my motor, it's the thing that keeps me going and so when I have these auditions for these big movies, I can depend on myself because I've been working consistently"

Nia Long, Actress

"Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do"

Johnny Carson, Comedian

"However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today"

Bob Filner, Politician

"Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that"

John Milius, Director

"That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers"

Todd McFarlane, Artist

"A big part of finding the right resources is knowing what to look for and what to avoid"

Matthew Lesko, Entertainer

"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know"

James Earl Jones, Actor

"In my family, they were all big boozers"

Ron Wood, Musician

"I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting"

Ewan McGregor, Actor

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