Big Quotes

"I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show"

"When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit"

Brian De Palma, Director

"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning"

Peter Jennings, Journalist

"Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry"

Patsy Cline, Musician

"I don't believe we're the party of big business"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors"

Ed Gillespie, Politician

"I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with black covers and a hood with metal clips that could trap your fingers. I was looking up at my sister who was sitting on the pram seat, with her back to me"

Helen Dunmore, Poet

"The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there"

James De La Vega, Artist

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have"

Gerald R. Ford, President

"Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know?"

Latrell Sprewell, Athlete

"I would love to do a big studio movie, just because they're going to put the money into distributing it. A lot of times you do these little movies, you love them and they never get seen by anyone"

Gina Gershon, Actress

"Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter"

Gerald R. Ford, President

"I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his"

Gavin Rossdale, Musician

"Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen"

Esther Williams, Actress

"It is not acceptable that we continue to see thousands of acres burn because of forest fires, because of poor management on our forests, big kill, and we have these catastrophic situations take place when we are not able to take action"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s"

Bruce Springsteen, Musician

"A big ethical question is what happens after people stop using the device. Does it degrade the environment? Could it have been designed so it would actually be good for the environment?"

Donald Norman, Scientist

"Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did"

Glenn Frey, Musician

"I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period"

Darren Aronofsky, Director

"Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful"

Dan DeCarlo, Cartoonist

"Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead"

Bjork, Musician

"Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade"

Bette Midler, Actress

"When Jackie got his big contract at CBS and was putting together what turned out to be almost a stock company of players, he remembered Frank and said, 'Get me that kid who played the jail sketch.'"

Audrey Meadows, Actress

"I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood"

Brion James, Actor

"I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly"

Bruce Springsteen, Musician

"To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good"

Barbra Streisand, Actress

"I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take"

Anjelica Huston, Actress

"People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time"

Dick Wolf, Producer

"I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustrations that I had influenced by Norman Rockwell and a couple of the other big boys. That's all I had, that's all I brought"

Dan DeCarlo, Cartoonist

"That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!"

Alan Vega, Musician

"I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond"

Anthony Michael Hall, Actor

"War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly"

Bruce Jackson, Public Servant

"There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are"

Barry Mann, Musician

"It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana"

Bo Jackson, Athlete

"I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible"

Alberto Gonzales, Public Servant

"I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes"

Blake Lively, Actress

"And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar"

Alan Vega, Musician

"Later, I made a movie with him, 'That Touch of Mink,' and we became good friends but any woman's initial meeting with Cary is right up there with the big moments of her world history"

Audrey Meadows, Actress

"I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life"

Bob Odenkirk, Actor

"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative"

Robert Collier, Publisher

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