Big Quotes

"You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues"

"Sometimes people here can get so focused on, Oh, I've got to get a flight, that it becomes the end all of everything. Then they go off and fly a couple of flights and they think, Okay, is that all there is in life? No, it's not. There's a whole big life out there"

Shannon Lucid, Astronaut

"Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world"

Sergey Brin, Businessman

"Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter"

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Businesswoman

"I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses"

Maurice Gibb, Musician

"I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you go and look into one cauldron and you look into the other and you see what's coming to the boil"

Peter Brook, Producer

"It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time"

Paul Giamatti, Actor

"Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success"

David Joseph Schwartz, Businessman

"I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown"

Rose Byrne, Actress

"They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances"

Shiri Appleby, Actress

"For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her"

Randy Travis, Musician

"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him"

Joaquin Phoenix, Actor

"Why the hell do we make such a big deal out of things that shouldn't be a big deal?"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things"

Neil Cavuto, Journalist

"It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears"

Mo Rocca, Writer

"It's funny how sometimes how the public some people think I was born like this. That I maybe I sleep and I do big muscle, but its a lot of work to look like this and to be in this kind of condition"

Lou Ferrigno, Actor

"I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all"

Bruce Campbell, Actor

"At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge"

Mike Quade, Coach

"I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek"

Mandy Moore, Musician

"I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big"

Mickey Cohen, Criminal

"You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever"

Merton Miller, Economist

"It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now"

Mike Peters, Cartoonist

"If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase"

Pat Toomey

"Big Linux deployments have reached the point where it's become a real problem for administrators that they don't have nice tools to manage their servers and desktops"

Nat Friedman, Businessman

"I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there"

Malin Akerman, Actress

"That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something"

Karl Urban, Actor

"Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen"

Robert Rodriguez, Director

"I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way"

Jimmy Wales, Businessman

"After Babar's mother was killed by the hunter, he went to the big city"

Jean de Brunhoff, Writer

"Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along"

Elizabeth Warren, Public Servant

"Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives"

Jill Scott, Musician

"You're only as big as your last hit"

Chris Squire, Musician

"I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other"

Jet Li, Actor

"Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?"

Eliza Dushku, Actress

"I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it"

Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor

"I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal"

John Waters, Director

"First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'"

Haley Reinhart, Musician

"New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer"

John Lynch, Politician

"There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth"

Glenn Close, Actress

"When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next"

Bruce Scheneier

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