Big Quotes

"When I was in high school I moved from the big city to a tiny village of 500 people in Vermont. It was like The Waltons!"

Daphne Zuniga, Actress

"I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl"

Anne Hathaway, Actress

"Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class"

Clive Bell, Critic

"I have such a big mouth"

Kelly Hu, Actress

"Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics"

Edward Hopper, Artist

"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life"

Suze Orman, Author

"'Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough"

Eric Brown, Writer

"I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak"

Bryan Singer, Director

"This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors"

Chow Yun-Fat, Actor

"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice"

Brandon Thomas, Actor

"What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous"

Steve Buscemi, Actor

"I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes"

Sandra Bullock, Actress

"Seems like everything people oughta know they just don't want to hear. I guess that's the big trouble with the world"

Daniel Mainwaring, Novelist

"I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way"

John Grisham, Writer

"I mean, sports are big, big, big business"

Phil Lesh, Musician

"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record"

Steve Albini, Musician

"You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything"

Paul Kantner, Musician

"Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience"

Mary Lou Retton, Athlete

"Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008"

Lindsey Graham, Politician

"Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability"

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Actress

"I've had a big heart my whole life; all the Korn fans know that. A lot of people told me that I was different"

Brian Welch, Musician

"Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female"

Jo Brand, Comedian

"I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace"

Linda McCartney, Photographer

"The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality"

Gustav Heinemann, Politician

"I like to live as big as I can"

George Herman, Journalist

"Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans"

Dan Hicks, Musician

"I think it's particularly fun not being a full-time showbiz reporter because you still have the 'Oh, wow!' factor when you go out on the red carpet and there are these big stars that are standing there. But if you're doing this day in and day out, it becomes a little blase"

Daryn Kagan, Entertainer

"To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task"

Cyril Cusack, Actor

"It is an honor to be on the cover of this game because the World Cup is such a big thing around the world. My kids are really quite impressed so that's fun"

Claudio Reyna, Athlete

"My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood"

Kim Elizabeth

"My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair"

June Jordan, Writer

"The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context"

Carl Bernstein, Journalist

"Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government"

Arthur C. Brooks, Author

"The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others"

Arthur C. Brooks, Author

"I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Australia we call it a dag"

Hugh Jackman, Actor

"The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide"

William Henry Ashley, Businessman

"I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings"

Will McDonough, Writer

"I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me"

Marlene Dietrich, Actress

"In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement"

Valentino Rossi, Athlete

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