Big Quotes

"Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris"

"I've been telling everyone for weeks now about how I get to play Lois Lane. It's a big deal. There are a few characters throughout your life which everyone knows and this is one of them. I can't wait"

Christina Hendricks, Actress

"My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about. There's a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone"

Anna Paquin, Actress

"It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box"

Christopher Meloni, Actor

"Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league"

Christiane Amanpour, Journalist

"All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life"

Count Basie, Musician

"I love Tina Turner. I'm one of Tina Turner's biggest fans. Tina Turner was a big influence on me to become a singer. A role model and in a way she gave me back my confidence in choosing my material"

Bonnie Tyler, Musician

"It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one"

Alice Cooper, Musician

"The big things I've had are things I bought myself"

Balthazar Getty, Actor

"Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up"

Barbara Kingsolver, Novelist

"I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three"

Alexander Payne, Director

"Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place"

A. J. Liebling, Journalist

"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with"

Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer

"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help"

Amber Tamblyn, Actress

"This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn"

Jackie Weaver, Actress

"Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens"

Ville Valo, Musician

"Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business"

Ville Valo, Musician

"I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words"

Pat Buckley, Clergyman

"I'm enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn't?"

O. J. Simpson, Athlete

"It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense"

Jon Secada, Musician

"If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father"

Scott McNealy, Businessman

"You have to remember when we were going once a month, we were putting out issues that were 480 pages, and people were complaining that these were too big, I can't get through a 480 page magazine every month"

James Daly, Actor

"There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones"

Anwar Sadat, Statesman

"The market for short stories is hard to break into, but a magazine editor isn't always looking for big names with which to sell his magazine - they're more willing to try stories by newcomers, if those tales are good"

Eric Brown, Writer

"Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads"

John Grisham, Writer

"The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform"

Rahm Emanuel, Politician

"My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years"

Tom Brady, Athlete

"I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual"

Thomas Kretschmann, Actor

"The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything"

Marian McPartland, Musician

"It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake"

Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor

"We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product"

Trip Hawkins, Businessman

"These few dollars you lose here today are going to buy you stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life; don't make it your last!"

John Dillinger, Criminal

"Adolescence is just one big walking pimple"

Carol Burnett, Actress

"There's no reason for me to go into a big dissertation about why I'm not getting the calls. The refs have to do their jobs as well. I even mentioned it in training camp to the refs when we had our little meeting"

Michael Vick, Athlete

"I have a bronze statue of myself, naked. I have these really big curls and water comes out of every curl. It's hot"

Macy Gray, Musician

"I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders"

Georgios A. Papandreou, Politician

"Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater"

Mary Manin Morrissey, Celebrity

"This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country"

David Obey, Politician

Page 20 of 49