The Big Quotes

I don't want to give my opponent the satisfaction of watching me celebrate, which would make it look like a big deal that I beat him.

War is just one more big government program.

I'm from a big family. I've got 10 nieces and nephews.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

When I was a kid growing up in the '60s, music was an outlet for enlightenment, frustration, rebellion. It was more about individualism. Today it's just like a big business.

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

A lot of, a big problems that people have nowadays is that they can't stand moments of no stimulation in their life so they're constantly lurking, looking for entertainment, video games.

God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.

Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.

The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

I have a big heart and a small brain.

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and thy're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.

Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the whole picture, and are thus unable to fit all of the pieces neatly into place.

Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird. And I know "stealers" and they not from Pittsburgh.

To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

Big things are built one brick at a time. Victories are achieved one choice at a time. A life well lived is chosen one day at a time.

Big things have small beginnings.

My family advocates doing what fulfills your soul. They've always said, 'You're a big girl; figure it out on your own.

In life you make the small decisions with your head and the big decisions with your heart.

It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.

Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.

Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did.

The era of resisting big government is never over.

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small.

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things

You can't catch the big fish by skimming the surface.

In America, small business is a big deal.

What politician ever thinks beyond 4 or 5 years? But such thinking is hopelessly inadequate for the big questions that involve the fabric of the world we live in

I want six kids. We'll see how it goes, but I want a big family.

I love Texas because Texas is future-oriented, because Texans think anything is possible. Texans think big

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big problems are where people don't realize they have one in the first place.

It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.

Work hard. Think big. Listen well.

Without my big brother, I probably literally wouldn't be here.

I'm Southern. I like big hair and eyeliner. I want my wedding day to be me, so I’ll probably be rocking some big hair and some eyeliner.

Run hard, be strong, think big!

No big deal. We all have blood in us, the trick is keeping it inside.

The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like building a great Buddha from a one foot model.

That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.