Big Quotes

"I've watched a lot of guys through the years, and they hold their breath until they finally win The Big One, thinking then they can exhale and chill out. You have to breathe through life, man. Have fun"

Lee Haney, Athlete

"Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you"

Jim Cantalupo, Businessman

"When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us"

William Feather, Author

"It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting"

Illeana Douglas, Actress

"It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had"

Katy Perry, Musician

"I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either"

Gary Bauer, Public Servant

"The cast is so big that you really don't work very much"

James Denton, Actor

"We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived"

Guy Laliberte, Businessman

"Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing"

Guy Laliberte, Businessman

"I have a big family and had to move them all from the coast of Oregon to New York three times for the workshops and for the actual production itself, which had about a four month development rehearsal schedule"

Gregory Harrison, Actor

"Think I'll win. Could be big"

Bob Dole, Politician

"Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things"

Frank Howard Clark, Writer

"I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town"

Lauren Ambrose, Actress

"For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending"

Mike Pence, Politician

"In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer"

Jason Mewes, Actor

"Truth is a big concept"

Lukas Foss, Composer

"I am financing the recording myself. So I have no big names to drop"

Holly Johnson, Musician

"I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery"

Gianni Agnelli, Businessman

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can"

Ethel Waters, Musician

"It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays"

Ethel Waters, Musician

"There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more"

Dave Grohl, Musician

"There are no big groupie fans or anything"

Daniel Johns, Musician

"And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali"

Wilt Chamberlain, Athlete

"You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don't stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it's competitive and it's a wonderful show, but it's not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that"

Tom Kite, Athlete

"This is a big deal. My wife and I sat in our home and we watched those young men get slaughtered on the streets of Mogadishu in the absence of a plan. It broke our heart"

Dick Armey, Politician

"Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement"

Dick Armey, Politician

"Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?"

Erno Rubik, Inventor

"That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are"

Elliott Carter, Composer

"I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He's like a big kid"

Derek Luke, Actor

"I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too"

Jason Mewes, Actor

"The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates"

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet

"I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies"

Christopher Meloni, Actor

"Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid"

Chuck D., Musician

"I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States"

Carol Moseley Braun, Politician

"That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'"

Ed O'Neill, Actor

"I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it"

Ella Maillart, Writer

"I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality"

Dave Davies, Musician

"We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life"

Colin Firth, Actor

"My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?"

Colin Firth, Actor

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