“Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.” ThinkingI CanIdeasBigsUniverseBlackFiveHolesFiftySatisfyingSpheresBangsCrystalsBlack HoleArcadiaQuarksQuasars Book:Tom Stoppard: Plays Source: Tom Stoppard: Plays
“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks ago or three years ago? There was thing after thing. But the big ones were [dealing with] the Ebola [outbreak], the unaccompanied children. [It was] perhaps a bigger challenge than I had calculated on my yellow pad as I was thinking about this role.” ThinkingYearsChildrenHas BeensCountryBigsCareThreeParentChallengesRolesFiveWeekYears AgoBiggerTexasYellowThree YearsEnteringAffordableLabsPadsEbolaOutbreaksSmallpoxAffordable Care Act Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.” YearsEnoughPlayBigsGamesFiveFive Years Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“Five years from now I see myself still working hard to get where I want to be, because I think big.” ThinkingWantYearsStillsHardBigsWorkFiveFive YearsThink Big Author:Chanel Iman
“I'm a huge Bob Hope fan, up until about the late '50s. I've seen so many of his movies up until then, and they're a big influence on me and a big influence on Woody Allen, who is basically just ripping off Bob Hope for his first five or six movies.” FirstsBigsFiveFansInfluenceHugeSixLateBobWoody Author:Scott Aukerman
“Size will hurt returns. Look at Berkshire Hathaway - the last five things Warren has done have generated returns that are splendid by historical standards, but now give him $100 billion in assets and measure outcomes across all of it, it doesn't look so good. We can only buy big positions, and the only time we can get big positions is during a horrible period of decline or stasis. That really doesn't happen very often.” GivingLooksDoneBigsHappensLastsHurtFivePositionReturnPeriodsStandardsHistoricalSizeBillionsHorribleOutcomesAssetsDeclineOnly TimeSplendidStasis Author:Charlie Munger
“I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a lucky five, maybe, you're that privileged, but most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and we're really extremely grateful for opportunities.” IfsThinkingBigsChoicesActorsOpportunityFiveLuckyGratefulPrivilegedMisconceptionPaychecks Author:Famke Janssen
“In the United States economic system you can lose big or you can win big. If you lose you wind up wearing a Hefty bag and sleeping in a doorway. If you win you can have sex with Catherine Zeta Jones when you're seventy-five.” IfsStatesBigsWinningSexLosesSleepUnitedUnited StatesFiveEconomicWindBagsSeventiesDoorwaysEconomic SystemsSleeping InYou Can WinZeta Author:Richard Jeni
“The selfie era offers a big opening: everybody can do it; nowadays even five-year-olds know how to take a nude self-portrait.” KnowsYearsSelfBigsCan DoKnow HowFiveOffersOpeningErasFive YearsPortraitsFive Year OldsSelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Author:Lucas Samaras
“When we got to Steamboat, we were on that big stage at five in the afternoon, and it was almost at capacity. I told my guys 'no matter what we've done to get to this point, no matter what lows, what highs, right now we are here and we've got a point to prove." It was probably one of my most memorable performances thus far.” MatterDoneBigsGuyFiveStageRight NowProveLowsCapacityPerformancesNo Matter WhatMemorableAfternoonProve ItMost MemorableSteamboats Author:Cody Johnson