Big Quotes

"What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content"

Gabriel Byrne, Actor

"Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good"

Ted Rall, Cartoonist

"Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book"

J. Michael Straczynski, Producer

"I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake"

Patty Hearst, Celebrity

"I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world"

Herbert Simon, Scientist

"I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference"

Eriq La Salle, Actor

"The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast"

Rick Wagoner, Businessman

"A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to"

Mark Kelly, Musician

"I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?"

Sherilyn Fenn, Actress

"I'm very proud to be the first winner of the Indian Grand Prix, but then on the other hand we recently lost two of our mates. I didn't know Dan Wheldon, but he was big in motorsport, and then this year I got to know Marco Simoncelli, so our thoughts are with them at the moment"

Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity

"Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute?"

Lindsay Lohan, Actress

"I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not"

Kate Hudson, Actress

"Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents"

Norman Granz, Musician

"Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room"

Patricia Heaton, Actress

"As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains"

John Moody, Businessman

"There was some scene in The Blues Brothers movie, when they had the chicken wire across the front of the stage, and it was almost like that. They had a big guard rail around the stage, which kept the college kids from getting on... we had some good times"

William Bell

"If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work"

Kate Hudson, Actress

"So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write"

Faye Dunaway, Actress

"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me"

William Christopher Handy, Musician

"The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters"

Matthew Ashford, Actor

"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on"

Robert Wagner, Actor

"For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink"

Gianni Versace, Designer

"Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning"

Richard King, Director

"I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums"

Christina Aguilera, Musician

"When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances"

Julie Bishop, Politician

"The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?"

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Public Servant

"We can fight Big Industry"

Bobby Scott, Politician

"Briefly speaking, our conclusion is that stochastic volatility does not make a huge difference as far as the pricing is concerned if you get the average volatility right. It makes a big difference as far as hedging is concerned"

John C. Hull, Professor

"So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful"

John Perkins, Economist

"A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records"

Chuck Mangione, Musician

"I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that"

Sherilyn Fenn, Actress

"Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective"

John Lithgow, Actor

"All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right"

Jack Kevorkian, Activist

"I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit"

John Lee Hooker, Musician

"But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road"

John Lee Hooker, Musician

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee"

Marian Wright Edelman, Activist

"I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing"

Ice T, Musician

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