Big Quotes

"I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation"

"It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine"

Valentino Rossi, Athlete

"I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture"

LaToya London, Musician

"Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children"

Richard MacDonald, Sculptor

"I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"You could run harder, longer. If the workout was four 200s really, really fast, they wouldn't seem as hard as before. You could cut the rest down from five minutes to three. That's a big difference"

Kelli White, Athlete

"When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset"

Salma Hayek, Actress

"I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in"

Sarah Vowell, Author

"I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed"

Sarah Vowell, Author

"Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet"

Jack LaLanne, Athlete

"I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead"

Tommy Chong, Actor

"I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider"

Robert Atkins, Celebrity

"Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together"

Thomas Dolby, Musician

"When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge"

Matthew Sweet, Musician

"We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development"

Georgios A. Papandreou, Politician

"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"

Tracy Chapman, Musician

"In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather"

Kevin J. Anderson, Author

"When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration"

Van Morrison, Musician

"I'm very new to the industry. I'm not on the Billboard 200 and that is alarming to me. But when I sat down with my management they said it's not a big deal and that it happens all the time"

Justin Guarini, Musician

"Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise"

Tony Snow, Journalist

"I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky"

Tommy Lasorda, Coach

"One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge"

Kiefer Sutherland, Actor

"I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it"

Grace Slick, Musician

"The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?"

Mike Johanns, Politician

"My favorite room in the house is the living room. We have two big couches, six recliners and over 20 pillows. It's a really comfortable place to hang out with my family"

Cody Linley, Actor

"I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top"

Jonathan Davis, Musician

"To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people"

Juliana Hatfield, Musician

"I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones"

Brenda Blethyn, Actress

"When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and I carry in them two little spiral notebooks"

Peter Matthiessen, Writer

"The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller"

Susan Estrich, Journalist

"I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say"

Steven Cojocaru, Critic

"The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control"

Nora Dunn, Actress

"I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done"

Walter Isaacson, Writer

"The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign"

Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer

"Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in"

Jack Kilby, Scientist

"To put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues"

Roy Clark, Entertainer

"I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years"

Roy Ayers, Musician

"In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources"

Ron Kind, Politician

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