The Big Quotes

Big Sur is a fascinating place. It is one of the true power places in America.

Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the wheel, but away from it. He is indicating that there is something else - nirvana.

My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such a big deal for me to be nominated anyway.

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time.

Honesty is a big deal, and when your honest everything will fall into place.

Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

Learn to see the big picture. Often times we get tunnel vision and lose sight of the big picture and what we're really trying to accomplish.

You know, I've never killed a man before. I mean I droped bombs on the enemy from the above, but never face to face. [thinking pause] I don't see what the big deal is - I really don't.

It's important to think big, but you've got to work small.

To see the big picture, get out of the dark valleys, climb to the sunny summits!

I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big movie buff, very much into TV shows, and would critique them.

There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.

I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.

I didn't come in here to argue with a woman with big hair

I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.

I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.

When power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

Kids and cameras are a big things with me. Find a kid who digs cameras and share one simple photo tip with her.

I have a very big family and a lot of friends, and buying presents is one of my favorite things to do.

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad ones.

The price of property in city centres is making it impossible, particularly in the big cities, for any kind of social mix to take place. It's castrating the whole notion of city life

If you want to sell 'em fish, sell 'em big fish. That's the secret to success.

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.

In the big picture, life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it.

I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that's when you get shot down.

I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy.

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

Victoria's Secret is like a big family.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

Well, I'm not a big sports fan.

All those big words produce disgust today.

I'm a big romantic, so I love guys who are romantic too.

I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

I want a big church wedding.

Is Virgin you trying to fathom me

Eventually your little choices are going to become habits that affect the bigger decisions you make in life.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

By looking far out into space we are also looking far back into time, back toward the horizon of the universe, back toward the epoch of the Big Bang.

Big egos have little ears.

I'm not a big fan of there being voiceovers in movies. I really prefer it when the film tells it story.

I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.

We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how

Before Kady was born, I didn't think having a kid would be such a big deal. My attitude was simple: Babies are nice, play with them, put them in the closet until the next time.