Big Quotes

"The reason Apple is really good, I think, and the reason their stores succeeded, is not just 'cause we know the big idea, but we have a real passion for the littlest detail. It's legendary in our products"

Ron Johnson, Politician

"I want the big drama. I always said I don't want a wedding I want a parade"

Star Jones, Entertainer

"I can't be the big star in the family. We have a family, and we are all equal"

Martina McBride, Musician

"The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net"

Marcel Dionne, Athlete

"That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"Use not big words for naught"

L. M. Heroux, Writer

"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting"

Jan de Bont, Director

"Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels"

Shaukat Aziz

"We tell anybody who asks that we think Apple is making a big mistake by not being compatible"

Rob Glaser, Businessman

"Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs"

Nancy Johnson, Politician

"It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before"

Luc Besson, Director

"I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband"

Jimmy Wales, Businessman

"My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998"

John Legend, Musician

"I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world"

Dorothy Hamill, Athlete

"I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted"

Deana Carter, Musician

"You have to think big to be big"

Claude M. Bristol

"We never got on a big, big tour, but we did a lot of spot dates"

Bubba Sparxxx, Musician

"I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses"

Bret Michaels, Musician

"People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it"

Bernard de Mandeville, Philosopher

"Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me"

Dee Dee Warwick, Musician

"Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display"

Jerry Rubin, Activist

"Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough"

David Packard, Businessman

"I am a big Bewitched fan... something about the way Elizabeth Montgomery twitched her nose"

Barry Williams, Actor

"Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people"

J Allard, Scientist

"I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative"

Andre Norton, Writer

"I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing"

Tony Oliva, Athlete

"Chris Hemsworth is like Christopher Reeve in that he can do two things: he can wear a big red cape without a shred of self-consciousness. But he's also funny as hell, and he's so sweet. So with all the fish-out-of-water stuff, he's so funny. So he does almost two jobs in a way"

Tom Hiddleston, Actor

"I like the ball in a big game. I'm not afraid to take it"

David Wells, Athlete

"I like big, secure companies. I know what they do for a living. When I see their names on my monthly statement I know how they make their money"

John Fisher, Clergyman

"The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out"

Charles Revson, Businessman

"You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous"

Mia Farrow, Actress

"We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army"

James Talent, Politician

"Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything"

Norman Lear, Producer

"Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now"

Marion Jones, Athlete

"There were times after my marriage ended where, you know, I really felt like I was at the bottom of a mountain, there was a great big, fog up there, and I'm never going to cross to the other side"

Lynn Redgrave, Actress

"There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil and all the raw garbage that's being spilled in there"

Lloyd Bridges, Actor

"This guy kept telling us that rock was the big thing, everyone's talking about the big thing, our band was the big thing. So he made us change our name to The Big Thing. Can you believe that?!"

Terry Kath, Musician

"I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing"

Stevie Nicks, Musician

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