Big Quotes

"That was the big lesson for all of us. Everything was going great on paper, but we all became miserable because we were so caught up in the machinery of how you make that happen, it took away the sheer joy"

Susanna Hoffs, Musician

"I was such a big Dustin Hoffman fan when I was young"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable"

Thuy Trang, Actress

"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this"

Ang Lee, Director

"I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns"

John D. Long, Politician

"My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing"

Dan Blocker, Actor

"He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary and work on the big estates and bring back, as his wage, a side of bacon for the winter. That was wealth, to him"

Douglas Reed, Journalist

"Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap"

Stanley Crouch, Critic

"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal"

Ray Charles, Musician

"Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course"

Neil Patrick Harris, Actor

"We've always loved going to the movies. Our mom and dad are big movie fans. They'd take us on these movie orgys where we'd see sometimes three movies in a day"

Andy Wachowski, Director

"I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on"

Rupert Grint, Actor

"You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big"

Sean Hayes, Actor

"My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads"

Pia Toscano, Musician

"It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant"

Eric Stoltz, Actor

"T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around"

Johnny Winter, Musician

"One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool"

Dave Lombardo, Musician

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it"

Hildegard Knef, Actress

"We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing"

Art Linkletter, Journalist

"I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where I'd give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks"

Adam Faith, Musician

"We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America"

Howard Schultz, Businessman

"I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television"

Robert Englund, Actor

"Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it"

Alexis Korner, Musician

"I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down"

Herb Ritts, Photographer

"My bottom is so big it's got its own gravitational field"

Carol Vorderman, Entertainer

"I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing"

Mike Watt, Musician

"When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him"

Craig Ferguson, Comedian

"I've got a big mole on my butt. It's true"

Gedde Watanabe, Actor

"We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels"

Silvia Cartwright, Statesman

"When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it"

Lance Henriksen, Actor

"Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends"

Arlene Francis, Entertainer

"A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them"

Kathy Griffin, Comedian

"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese"

David Riesman, Sociologist

"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling"

Christopher Parker, Actor

"I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back"

Dee Dee Ramone, Musician

"Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like to think you must have had very big causes. That is not how it happened"

Kenneth Baker, Politician

"My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it"

Will Estes, Actor

"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark"

Jack Anderson, Journalist

"It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the Lord Jesus Christ. And in this new book, we show Christ coming to settle that big issue"

Tim LaHaye, Clergyman

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