“Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.” PeopleThinkingWayBigsGrowsWatchesGrowing UpFour Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president.” NeedsTryingYearsHas BeensCountryBigsGovernmentLastsPastPresidentFourPolicyTiredDisappointmentPresident ObamaFour YearsBig GovernmentNew DirectionsGovernment Policy Author:Reince Priebus
“There were some super-lean years, yeah. I'm six feet four. And I entered into this period all of a sudden when I was too big to play a kid and I was too young to play an adult. Like, I couldn't play the lawyer, but I couldn't play the high school kid anymore.” YearsPlayBigsKidsSchoolYoungFourFeetPeriodsSixHigh SchoolAdultsYeahLawyer Author:Jason Segel
“I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.” YearsBigsFourSpringTrainingLeagueFour YearsSeptemberSpring Training Author:Ryne Sandberg
“My big running discovery was around Stanley Park in Vancouver. Miss it. That's a six-mile loop. Now I smile when I get four miles done. Age is a beast.” DoneBigsRunningAgeFourMissingSixDiscoveryMilesBeastParksLoopsI SmileStanleyVancouver Author:Michael Weatherly
“Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.” YearsBigsNightWinningSidesGoalMemoriesEffortFourWonderfulBattleRedWingsCupsEvery NightTeammateThrough The YearsStanleyMusterStanley CupWonderful Memories Author:Ted Lindsay
“The (Supreme Court) ruling that anyone who's arrested -- even accidentally -- can be strip-searched was decided five to four, with the votes for the searches coming from the Court's five conservatives. You know -- the 'defending personal liberty' guys. Which is weird because I'm not a constitutional scholar, but I'm willing to bet Big Government feels it's biggest when it's inside your anus.” KnowsFeelsBigsGovernmentGuyLibertyFiveFourWillingDecidedVoteCourtSupremeScholarSupreme CourtRulingArrestedBig GovernmentPersonal LibertyAnus Author:Jon Stewart
“Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words to shock people.” PeopleThinkingUseBigsTodayLaughingFourLettersShootingShockPanicShortcutsFour Letter Words Author:Red Skelton
“I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.” KnowsHumansUseBigsJobsHateGamesSportsHoursKnow HowFourFansFootballElementsI HateInstantNflUmpiresFootball GameFootball FanReplayNfl FootballInstant Replay Author:Bud Selig
“I had 11 years of managerial experience and four years of coaching before I managed a big-league team. To me, it was important, because I learned a lot through trial and error. And it's tough to have to go through trial and error when you're a big-league manager.” YearsImportantBigsFourTeamToughErrorsTrialsManagersLeagueCoachingFour YearsTrial And Error Author:Jim Leyland
“I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I ate a chocolate shake and four, five, six, seven cups of coffee-with lots of sugar. And there's lots of sugar in that chocolate shake. It's a thick shake. In a silver goblet. I would get a rush from all this sugar, and I would get so many ideas! I would write them on these napkins. It was like I had a desk with paper. All I had to do was remember to bring my pen, but a waitress would give me one if I remembered to return it at the end of my stay. I got a lot of ideas at Bob's.” IfsGivingWritingYearsIdeasEndsBigsRememberBoysFiveFourReturnPaperSixGive MeSevenCoffeeCupsRememberedShakesSilverChocolatePensLunchSugarThickBobDesksSeven YearsOrderlyCoffee CupWaitressNapkins Author:David
“When you've got kids, it's a big undertaking. It's like doing four movies in a row.” BigsKidsFourUndertakings Author:Scott Raab
“In 1978 I decided not to work with Man Ray as an act of self-discipline. I didn't want to rely on him. Man Ray hated not working, though. He would come into my studio, see me drawing or working on photographs, and just slump down at my feet with a big sigh. Fortunately for both of us the year ended. Polaroid had invented a new camera, the twenty-by-twenty-four, and I was invited to Cambridge, Mass., to experiment with it. Naturally, I took Man Ray and we were working again.” MenWantYearsSelfBigsFourFeetDisciplineMassDecidedTwentiesCamerasPhotographStudiosDrawingExperimentsHatedRelyRaysSelf DisciplineSighInvitedCambridgeSlumpsPolaroids Author:William Wegman
“From Natchez to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blowI been in some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing I knowA woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night.” TwoBigsFacesNightFourOne ThingHeardWindTownsMobileMemphis Author:Johnny Mercer
“I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one... In return for picking up one of my books, I'm trying to give them value for their money... the goal of writing any book is to create the illusion that what you are reading is reality and you're part of it.” GivingWritingTryingMayBookStoriesBigsRealityValuesReadingGoalNovelFiveFourReturnIllusionSizeShort Story Author:James Clavell
“How this feels is I'm just another task in God's daily planner: The Renaissance pencilled in for right after the Dark Ages. The Information Age is scheduled immediately after the Industrial Revolution. Then the Post-Modern Era, then The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine. Check. Pestilence. Check. War. Check. Death. Check. And between the big events, the earthquakes and tidal waves, God's got me squeezed in for a cameo appearance. Then maybe in thirty years, or maybe next year, God's daily planner has me finished.” FeelsYearsWarBigsAgeNextDarkFourModernEventsInformationRevolutionTasksWaveAppearanceFinishedChecksErasPostsThirtyApocalypseNext YearEarthquakesDark AgesRenaissanceFamineThirty YearsIndustrial RevolutionPlannersInformation AgePestilenceHorsemenTidal WavesBig EventsModern EraCameosFour HorsemenFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.” ThinkingSoulBigsLightCoursesSoundWaterMemoriesExistenceHalfFourSeaSummerRiversWesternFishesBoatRhythmMy SoulEveningLakesFishingLengthFadesFishermanMontanaArcticCanyonsFly FishingSummer DaysRivers And Water Book:A River Runs Through It Source: A River Runs Through It
“Wherever we go in the world we find other men speaking the same language, planning the same plans, dreaming the same dreams. And one of the big four - brownie, or brookie, cutthroat or rainbow - is the cause of it all” MenWorldDreamBigsLanguageCausesFourPlansSeaRiversFishesPlanningBoatLakesFishingRainbowBrowniesSpeaking The Same Language Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.” IfsWantTwoDifferentSometimesHardBigsCertainCan DoPerfectLevelsBehindsCreativeFourHonestFootballFairsEnglandMirrorsClubsLondonBoundariesLikesManagersSoccerProductiveChairmanTransfersTempoEnglish Society Author:Jens Lehmann
“I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.” IfsThinkingGivingSometimesBigsRunningThreeWinningSportsFourBallsSeriesDefensePitching Author:Dusty Baker
“Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know?” KnowsMenYearsWellsLittlesI CanDifferentBigsBitsSportsFiveFourLittle BitBreatheShouldersFive YearsLoad Author:Latrell Sprewell
“The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the guys won it for me. They won it for the big guy. Numbers are overrated. There's a lot of guys in this league who can say they've got great numbers. But they can't say they've got four rings in the last six years.” YearsFirstsBigsLastsGuyThreeWinningNumbersFourBasketballSixRingsLeagueLast YearChampionshipOverratedBig Guys Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you train day and night for four years to be in the Olympics for badminton, in a way, haven't you already lost?” IfsThinkingWayTryingYearsStoriesBigsFunnyPurposeNightLostLosesFourPlayerHavensTrainFour YearsOlympicsDay And NightLondon OlympicsBadminton Author:Conan O'Brien
“Of the big four, the PGA is the most fair and the least fun. Basically, it's just the US Open set up by nice, rather than nasty, fellows.” BigsFunFourNiceFairsFellowsGolfNasty Author:Thomas Boswell
“I do like working on independent films where it is a smaller budget and less pressure. The pace is also quicker than that of a big budget film. You are shooting at a fairly fast pace. Sitting around for three or four days can be quite draining. So I guess in terms of film or television, I would say filming an independent feature.” BigsFilmThreeTermFourTelevisionSittingPressureIndependentShootingBudgetsFeaturesPaceSitting AroundIndependent FilmDraining Author:Colm Meaney
“The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.” BigsHouseAbilityFourShapesMembersPerceptionClimateFactorsSenateLobbyists Author:Al Gore
“I want to win four or five championship rings. That's how I dream. I dream big.” WantDreamBigsWinningFiveFourRingsNflChampionshipChampionship Rings Author:Adrian Peterson
“I know I have a big, big head. Hats, a lot of times, do not fit me. What is the average head size? Maybe like 16 inches. From the center of my forehead around to other side might be a foot, give or take four inches.” KnowsGivingBigsMightSidesFourFeetFitAverageSizeHatsInchesForeheadsBig Heads Author:Dule Hill
“Four predictions of the Big Bang Theory have now been verified - surely enough to quench even the most biased critics.” EnoughBigsFourTheoryCriticsPredictionsBangsBiasedQuench Author:Joseph Silk
“One of the big misconceptions about me is that I walk around in mini-skirts and high heels twenty-four seven and go to the gym in heels.” BigsWalksFourTwentiesSevenGymHeelsSkirtsMisconceptionHigh Heels Author:Carmen Electra
“When you're doing a big-budget movie and you're four on the call sheet, you've got a lot of free time.” BigsFourBudgetsSheetsFree Time Author:Chris Rock
“I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want to do. I only sleep four hours a night.” WantBigsNightHoursChallengesSleepMorningFourFailingWake UpEvery Morning Author:Michelle Mone
“You can sum up what has killed capitalism in four words: too big to fail.” BigsFourFailingCapitalism Author:Gerald Celente
“I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.” FeelsYearsFirstsBigsOpportunityClassFourPlayerFansTenTownsBlessedEightCoachesLeagueFour YearsConferencesFirst ClassGreat Fans Author:Steve Alford
“I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.” WantChildrenBigsFourOur ChildrenDinnerThanksgiving DinnerSmall Family Author:Chrissy Teigen
“I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out.” IfsYearsDoeMadeUseBigsGuyOrderNextNumbersFourCuttingReadyMonthsDirectorsNewsCamerasPreparationShootingBossCostumesGood NewsCastaway Author:Tom Hanks
“People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.” PeopleMenBigsRunningSportsBlackFourTelevisionGoldHorseAdvertisingAfrican AmericanChampionBlack PeopleMedalEntertainersAthleticsGold MedalsDegradingTrack And FieldEndorsements Author:Jesse Owens
“I was four or five, and my mother gave me a big black tablet, because I kept complaining that I was bored. She said, "Then write something. Then you can read it." In fact, I had just learned to read, so this was a thrilling kind of moment. The idea that I could write something - and then read it!” WritingKindSaidIdeasMomentsFactsBigsMotherBlackFiveFourComplainingBoredThrillingTablets Author:Joan Didion
“As a kid I would always be in my bedroom constantly staring at the same four pink walls in it, aspiring to do all of these things. I had big dreams, and my dreams were bigger than what my life was at the time. I didn't understand why my life wasn't more interesting, but I was so oblivious to life outside of my bedroom because I was always there. I had to go about living my dreams.” DreamBigsKidsInterestingFourWallBiggerStaringBedroomOblivious Author:Alessia Cara
“We need more expensive gasoline to change consumer behavior," Mr. Jackson said. Otherwise, Americans will continue to favor big vehicles, not matter what kind of fuel-economy standards the government imposes on auto makers. Four dollars a gallon, he added, "is a good start.” NeedsKindSaidMatterBigsGovernmentEnergyEconomyFourBehaviorStandardsTradeDollarsFavorsConsumersFuelExpensiveMakersVehicleCapsGasolineGallonsFuel Economy Author:Michael J. Jackson
“Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets, ain't got no big regrets. Two hours of pushin' broom, buys an eight by twelve, four-bit room. I'm a man of means, by no means, king of the road.” MenMeanTwoBigsBitsHoursRoomsFourRegretKingsTravelPhonesEightFiftyPetPoolTwelveCentsTrailersBrooms Author:Roger Miller
“It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million bucks a year, but that's it. The rest of them have second jobs.” YearsBigsJobsGuyThreeHouseMillionsFiveFourPlayerCoupleBasketballBucksBasketball PlayerBig Houses Author:Frank Grillo
“Any filmmaker, big directors, and I'm not dropping any names - I actually have couple names I want to say, but I will not - we have a ratio. Each thing you repeat, my ratio is one to four.Actually some people are ratio one to 34. I know couple directors, big directors, they are just shooting over and over.” PeopleKnowsWantBigsNamesFourCoupleDirectorsShootingFilmmakerRepeatsDroppingRatios Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.” ShouldBigsForcePowerfulFourWeekendMondayFriday Author:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingBigsGuyGamesHurtMistakeStepsWorryFiveFourDependsBaseballBallsBasesBiggerUglyThrownMaking MistakesQuartersSchemesBangsOccasionalBlundersBig PictureAggressivenessOutfielders Author:Mike Scioscia
“As for the Sun mouse, I'm not a big multi-button mouse fan, because I just can't remember which button to push when. I rather like the Macintosh system of using four modifier keys with the mouse.” BigsRememberSunFourFansKeysButtonsMiceMacintosh Author:Bruce Tognazzini
“D'Artagnan is the youngest of the four, and they're like his big brothers. They bring him up and teach him the ways of what it's like to be a Musketeer, and he embraces it with open arms.” WayBigsTeachFourBrotherArmsEmbraceOpen ArmsMusketeers Author:Luke Pasqualino
“What helped me get the part was that I turned it down. When I read the script, Venus was just a black guy who came in wearing a big coat and a hat and making jive talk. I'd been up for so many of those! I'd had enough of caricatures, what white writers conceive blacks to be. I told the producer I wasn't interested in doing anything like that for three or four years. He said that it was just a pilot, that Venus would be given a human dimension and would be quiet off-the-air. I wanted that input. I thought that side was as important as the comic side. For 'WKRP,' too much of either would be bad.” YearsHumansSaidImportantEnoughBigsWould BeWantedGuyThreeGivenSidesBlackWhiteToo MuchFourAirQuietScriptsProducersComicDimensionsHatsFour YearsPilotsCoatsHad EnoughInputVenusCaricaturesBlack Guys Author:Tim Reid
“If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that's not much - unless you've been warned that if you're even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.” IfsBigsDifferencesWatchesFourMinutesLateOne Minute Author:Zig Ziglar
“I do have a bit of a garden, and I'd love a hovercraft to get around it - one of the big four-seater ones with the fan on the back.” BigsBitsFourFansGardenHovercrafts Author:Tom Felton