Big Quotes

"The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope"

Rush Limbaugh, Entertainer

"I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor

"I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed"

Rush Limbaugh, Entertainer

"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor

"That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early"

Prince Charles, Royalty

"High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true"

Robert H. Schuller, Clergyman

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures"

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Author

"So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel"

Donna Tartt, Novelist

"The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest"

Kurt Vonnegut, Author

"I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly"

Sting, Musician

"I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big"

Sting, Musician

"I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead"

Sting, Musician

"She's been a smack addict, she's had big success in Europe in the '70s, and she's lost everything. She's been rediscovered in the '80s, and as we meet her she's just about to sign a new recording contract"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me"

Sting, Musician

"For a while we were chasing a book by Graham Greene to do Brighton Rock as a musical. We didn't get the rights, so we decided to create something from scratch, with Jonathan. By that time we were big fans of his work"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain"

Neil Tennant, Musician

"I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit"

David Byrne, Musician

"I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back"

Mike Ditka, Coach

"Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"People love photos. Photos originally weren't that big a part of the idea for Facebook, but we just found that people really like them, so we built out this functionality"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"I just think that VR and AR are going to be a really big deal"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don't usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"A lot of very, very big stars were going down and not being seen or heard from again. Kirk took a huge chance in putting a blacklisted writer's name on the screen and somehow or other, he survived it, like he survives everything"

Lee Grant, Actress

"And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them"

Christian Bale, Actor

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

"I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large"

Charlie Chaplin, Actor

"If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems"

Michael Porter, Educator

"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks"

April Winchell, Actress

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude"

Colin Powell, Statesman

"I hit big or I miss big"

Babe Ruth, Athlete

"The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world"

K. Eric Drexler, Scientist

"Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything"

K. Eric Drexler, Scientist

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps"

David Lloyd George, Statesman

"Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting"

Christopher Morley, Author

"So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda"

John Steinbeck, Author

"All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie"

Bob Dylan, Musician

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