“This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.” PeopleWayDifferentReasonBigsGuyDiedLeaguePoundsAthletics Author:Steve Mariucci
“I would love to see Wladimir Klitschko fight Antonio Tarver for many reasons. One is Tarver talks a lot; he would build up a big fight. And Tarver is coming off of a great victory. So I think he would be a good opponent.” ThinkingReasonBigsWould BeFightingVictoryOpponentsAntonioGreat Victory Author:Emanuel Steward
“My family has loved Minnesota and that was one of the big reasons we decided to come back. For me, family decisions were a big part to coming back to the Twins.” ReasonBigsDecisionMy FamilyDecidedTwinsComing BackMinnesota Author:Jim Thome
“If you're hit with a lawsuit that's untrue and the reasons you're hit with it aren't clear to you, there's a very big inclination on people's part to want to take responsibility for it - that this must be happening because I'm a terrible person, I did something, and I'm getting repaid for it.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsReasonBigsResponsibilityClearTerribleHappeningsTaking ResponsibilityInclinationUntrueLawsuit Author:Sean Young
“I guess the big thing is that I don't buy anything first-hand. It's a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you'll know why. I came to it personally.” IfsKnowsFirstsReasonHandsBigsPolicyIndustryResearchBig ThingsTextiles Author:Ezra Miller
“I love waking up every single day and going to fencing practice in the morning and just working hard and setting those big goals one after another, and achieving them, and wanting to do it again and again and again. There's no reason for me to stop.” HardReasonBigsGoalPracticeMorningAchieveWake UpSettingSettingsNo ReasonWakingAgain And AgainFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis
“The reason educational spending in Texas is so low is because you don't have a state tax there, and that's why Texas is big growth because you don't tax people to death.” PeopleStatesReasonBigsGrowthTaxesLowsEducationalSpendingTexas Author:Kinky Friedman
“For some reason, a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin.” ReasonBigsEyeShotsHollywoodDrawingCuriousChinsBig Shots Author:Matt Groening
“Steve Harmison was a big disappointment in South Africa, and I don't know the reason why, but he has to lift his game.” KnowsReasonBigsGamesSouthDisappointmentLiftsReason WhySouth Africa Author:Jeff Thomson
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.” TryingHas BeensCountryReasonHumorBigsFunnyBoysEatingTownsAgricultureCountry Boy Book:Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding
“People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantReasonBigsJobsFilmActingDriversBusImportant JobsBus Driver Author:Adam Garcia
“I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.” LongReasonBigsPoliticalStuffNewsJokesShelvesShelf LifeOld News Author:Tim Heidecker
“If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter a computer Dark Ages for about twenty years.” IfsYearsReasonFeelingsBigsAgeWinningDarkMistakeComputerTwentiesDark AgesBig MistakeIbmPersonal Feelings Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“But now well democracy has shown us that what is evil are the grosses têtes, the big heads, all big heads are greedy for money and power, they are ambitious that is the reason they are big heads and so they are at the head of the government and the result is misery for the people. They talk about cutting off the heads of the grosses têtes but now we know that there will be other grosses têtes and the will be all the same.” PeopleKnowsWellsReasonBigsGovernmentEvilResultsDemocracyCuttingMiseryAmbitiousGreedyDemocracies HaveMoney And PowerCutting OffBig Heads Author:Gertrude Stein
“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion, because one in three pregnancies end in abortion.” PeopleWellsEndsReasonEnoughBigsTodayAmericaYoungThreeSocialSupportTroubleSecurityThirdsWorkersAbortionPregnancySocial SecurityAmerica Today Author:Rick Santorum
“I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.” ThinkingReasonBigsChallengesFitBig Challenges Author:Richard Branson
“When you're reading a novel, I think the reason you care about how any given plot turns out is that you take it as a data point in the big story of how the world works. Does such-and-such a kind of guy get the girl in the end? Does adultery ever bring happiness? How do winners become winners?” ThinkingWorldKindDoeBookEndsReasonStoriesBigsCareGuyTurnsGirlReadingGivenNovelDataWinnerPlotAdultery Author:Elif Batuman
“That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.” KindStillsMatterReasonBigsWantedActorsLinesTalkingAnxietyTablesNervous Author:Gavin MacLeod
“There is something about big cities that turns me on, and for whatever mysterious reason, places like New York and Paris inspire me. I think it's because cities represent civilization, and as crime-ridden and broken down as some of them are, it's still better than skipping through a meadow.” ThinkingStillsReasonBigsTurnsCitiesCrimeNew YorkInspireBrokenCivilizationMysteriousParisMeadowsBig CitiesBroken DownTurn Me Author:Woody Allen
“I wrote 'Lights' a long, long time ago. And I expected it to be on the album, because it was - I wrote it with 'Biff' Stannard. And he wrote every single Spice Girls song and every single pop song of the 90s, basically. So I thought, you know, I was really lucky to work with him, but I didn't think it would be a big song for some reason.” ThinkingKnowsLongReasonBigsLightWould BeSongGirlLuckyLong TimeAlbumsPopsExpectedLong Time AgoSpicesPop SongSpice Girls Author:Ellie Goulding
“The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart.” WritingLittlesDifferentReasonBigsKidsFeltSecretHugeDadBeatenLittle KidSexuallySan Diego Author:Dorianne Laux