Big Quotes

"I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol"

"When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life"

Ben Nicholson, Artist

"The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes"

Milton Friedman, Economist

"Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time"

Barbara Bush, First Lady

"You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you"

George Whitefield, Clergyman

"Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty"

Steve Martin, Comedian

"I've never been a big believer in formal education"

Megan Fox, Actress

"We have to finish building beautiful bridges, we have to finish making big theaters, new stages, we have to have everything focused on defense now"

Yevgeny Prigozhin, Businessman

"Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceuticals are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact"

Sarah McLachlan, Musician

"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance"

Harrison Ford, Actor

"We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan"

Patrick Stewart, Actor

"I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot"

James Levine, Musician

"I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6"

Loretta Young, Actress

"It was a big story and yesterday's soup. Who cares?"

Willard Scott, Entertainer

"A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen"

Mark Wahlberg, Actor

"Details create the big picture"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who was at least an acquaintance to Les Baxter before he passed away"

Jello Biafra, Musician

"I think that the World Cup is a big factor for this increased interest. I don't believe all of this is a result of just myself but also because of the others who are playing abroad"

Hidetoshi Nakata, Athlete

"Whether it be in a small movie or a big movie, I would always be attracted to this role"

Kyra Sedgwick, Actress

"I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man"

Charles M. Schwab, Businessman

"The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money"

Rick Wright, Musician

"Harley's been influential, but I'm not a big Harley fan"

Noah Hathaway, Actor

"I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers"

Kid Rock, Musician

"I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years"

Zachary Quinto, Actor

"I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had"

Suzanne Vega, Musician

"Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes"

Richard Krajicek, Athlete

"After Big Media, U.S. colleges and universities are the biggest enemies of the values of red-state Americans"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year"

Julian Bond, Activist

"When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry"

Loretta Young, Actress

"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars"

Sarah McLachlan, Musician

"I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters"

Jello Biafra, Musician

"If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"I would like to be refered to as 'The Big Aristotle'"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"Just look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock"

Chris Matthews, Journalist

"We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems"

Naguib Mahfouz, Novelist

"It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn't imagine I would have been so energetic during the match - it really gave me a welcomed extra boost!"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

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