The Big Quotes

Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things.

The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed.

I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalization we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country we are designing for a world now.

It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.

In this life you can take poverty, you can take failure, you can take the big things; it's the little griefs that destroy you inside.

Murders came with smiles, shooting people was no big deal for us Goodfellas.

Travelling so much, sometimes my luggage goes astray. But I can get the right stuff sent to me overnight by a special shipper. No big deal.

All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.

I know that I'm kind of a big deal online, but I think that some of that is starting to seep into the streets, and you want to kind of continue to make sure it does that.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

People forget that when you’re 16, you’re probably more serious than you’ll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

If you want to be rich, think big, think differently.

Big business always serve - directly or indirectly - the masses.

Two bricklayers work side by side. The first lays bricks. The second builds magnificent cathedrals. Think small vs. think big.

When you don't have much money, you get creative. There's so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don't have much money, you improvise.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

Appreciation is a powerful tool to shift perspective. Finding something to appreciate during a difficult situation quickly moves the perspective to the big picture from the little picture.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar

If you think big, then it's going to be big.

It's so sad, you get less starstruck when you start realizing that it's not a big deal.

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact.

As an investor, what we're not looking for is 'oh this is a cool app,' it's 'is this something that can become a big business?' You need to find those that can become real businesses.

We're going to start with small, easy things; then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible.

Beware of the tyranny of making small changes to small things. Rather, make big changes to big things.

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

We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

Rich people think BIG. Poor people think small.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

That's a big love letter," she says, squinting. I know what I'm going to say and for a moment I wish there was a film crew documenting my day-to-day life: "I've got a big heart," I say.

The big change is the proximity to death.

Hello, my name is the republican party, and I have a problem. I am addicted to spending and the government - and a big government. I would like one of them just to stand up and say that.

Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance.

I've had small parts in big pictures and big parts in small pictures.

I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down.

You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don't make a big deal out of an easy shot.

You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.

Pay no attention to pop culture, for it is what poisons our minds and divides our children. Materialism promotes negative values and egotism. Eliminate all of it. It is the plague of Big Business.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.

The Energy Bus serves as a force field to ward off any negativity that tries to infiltrate or enter your team or business. It made a big impact on our team. I recommend it highly!