“I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.” YearsFirstsBigsRememberFoundFatherLaughingHeardStageLaughterGoldDown AndRadioUglyChecksFantasticPantomime Author:Michael Caine
“Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesnt have enough money to import much of anything, either.” WorldCountryEnoughBigsGoldTexasPoorestCottonImportsLivestockMali Author:Richard Engel
“You could take all the gold that's ever been mined, and it would fill a cube 67 feet in each direction. For what that's worth at current gold prices, you could buy all -- not some -- all of the farmland in the United States. Plus, you could buy 10 Exxon Mobils, plus have $1 trillion of walking-around money. Or you could have a big cube of metal. Which would you take? Which is going to produce more value?” StatesBigsValuesUnitedUnited StatesFeetProduceWalkingGoldCurrentsPlusMetalsCubesFarmlandGold Price Author:Warren Buffett
“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
“There is, literally and figuratively, not a gold standard. That's almost as big a problem in art as in the financial world. How do you affix a value to something that only has value because a certain number of people agree to believe in that value?” PeopleWorldBelieveArtProblemBigsCertainValuesNumbersStandardsGoldAgreeFinancialGold Standard Author:John Currin
“IBM uses what I like to call the 'hole-in-the-ground technique' to destroy the competition..... IBM digs a big HOLE in the ground and covers it with leaves. It then puts a big POT OF GOLD nearby. Then it gives the call, 'Hey, look at all this gold, get over here fast.' As soon as the competitor approaches the pot, he falls into the pit” GivingLooksUseBigsFallApproachGoldCompetitionTechniqueHolesHeyPotGet OverCompetitorsPitsIbmPot Of Gold Author:John C. Dvorak
“The evangelicals. . . . If all they want is gold Cadillacs and sex and so on, no big problem.” IfsWantProblemBigsSexGoldBig ProblemsCadillacs Author:Noam Chomsky
“Put in every joke that's not a dud and then let's just start pulling the ones that work the least. You're just constantly sifting until you're left with the biggest chunks of gold. The audience also tells you what some of those chunks are. You can have your own favorites, and then, once you screen it for an audience, the audience tells you what they're entertained by. I feel like that's a big part of it.” FeelsBigsLeftAudienceJokesGoldScreensPullingChunksSifting Author:Jason H. Moore
“Jewellery's not a big thing for me. The only thing I wear is a gold cross on a chain that I got for my 21st birthday. You have to take it off every day for filming, but that's the only time I'm not wearing it. You won't find me in rings, bracelets or earrings.” BigsCrossesGoldRingsChainsBig ThingsOnly TimeFind MeEarringsBraceletJewellery21st Birthday Author:Jonas Armstrong
“10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate what is eligible because the integrity of the process is our foremost consideration. It's difficult to get certified sales awards, and it's a big deal and we didn't want there to be a huge change in how many would be eligible.” WantYearsEnoughBigsWould BeProcessDifficultDealsFiguresHugeIntegrityApproachPercentYears AgoGoldAlbumsConsiderationAwardsBig DealCautiousSellersBest SellersHuge Changes Author:Cary Sherman
“I wanted to be the best in the world and at 12 years-old I won my first big amateur contest called The Gold Cup Series Contest at Marina Del Ray Skatepark. That's when I really started to believe I could turn pro, though it wasn't until two years later when I was 14 that I actually did with Sims.” WorldYearsFirstsBelieveTwoBigsWantedTurnsGoldSeriesCupsBeing The BestTwo YearsRaysContestsSims Author:Christian Hosoi
“My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.” WorldMadeBigsLanguageStepsFeminismStyleNew YorkHugePaperNewsStandardsGoldPressesGuidesLocalsMediumsAround The WorldPostsOutletsMistressNew York TimesSmall StepsGold StandardAmerican Language Author:Paula Broadwell
“I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.” BigsMotivationalHouseBlackStyleRedCrossesGoldMassiveBedroomHelloBathroomCurtainsCastlesGothicCouchesMedievalVelvetAntiquesKittiesChandeliersHello Kitty Author:Avril Lavigne
“After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.” WorldFirstsBigsWantedStyleGoldSeriesGlassesBarsPhasesCandyWirePostersWorld SeriesCandy Bar Author:Eric Liu
“Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.” WorldBigsThreeSportsEventsNewsGoldMedalGold MedalsBig News Author:Esther Williams
“Soon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or fought with swords, of bags of gold, of diamonds as big as the tip of your thumb, of lost cities and of vast mountains, of steam-trains and clipper ships, of pampas, oceans, deserts, tundra.” EnoughBigsWould BeBeautifulLostCitiesAdventureMountainOceanShotsGoldTrainTalesShipsDesertBagsSwimmingDiamondThumbsSteamMaidensPistolsSoon Enough Book:The Graveyard Book Source: The Graveyard Book
“I knew chemistry would be worse, because I'd seen a big card of the ninety-odd elements hung up in the chemistry lab, and all the perfectly good words like gold and silver and cobalt and aluminum were shortened to ugly abbreviations with different decimal numbers after them.” DifferentBigsWould BeNumbersElementsGoldUglyCardsOddSilverChemistryHungNinetyLabsGood WordsGold And SilverPerfectly GoodAluminumDecimalsAbbreviationsCobalt Author:Sylvia Plath
“The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it. "Wow! How big is the lock?" Jonah laughed. "There is no lock, cuz. It's an honorary gig. Back in my crib in LA, I've got a whole shed full of keys from different cities. Want to know the kicker? I can't get at them. The gardener lost the key to the shed.” KnowsWantLongI CanTwoDifferentWholeBigsLostCitiesFeetKeysGoldLaughedWowFascinatedShedLocksGigsGardenerCuzJonahHamiltonFlorenceHonoraryKickers Author:Gordon Korman
“The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze. A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plater, stared at him. The dark pupil shrank, focusing. Jack stood very still. The colossal head turned, the scaled lip only three feet from Jack. The golden eyes gazed at him, wirling with fiery color. Jack breathed in tiny, shallow breaths. Dont blink. Don't blink... Two gusts of wind erutped from the wyvern's nostrils Jack jumped straight up, bounced off the ground into another jump, and scrambled up the nearest tree. In the clearing, Gaston bent over, guffawing like an idiot. 'It's not funny!” StillsTwoBigsEyeThreeDarkTreeFeetColorWindHugeGoldBreathsLipsHeavyDinnerTinyGoldenIdiotShallowBentPupilsBlinkFieryAmberClearingColossalEyelidsStraight UpGolden EyeGastonAmber Eyes Author:Ilona Andrews
“Her fine high forehead sloped gently up to where her hair, bordering it like an armorial shield, burst into lovelocks and waves and curlicues of ash blonde and gold. Her eyes were bright, big, clear, wet and shining, the colour of her cheeks was real, breaking close to the surface from the strong young pump of her heart. Her body hovered delicately on the last edge of childhood -- she was almost eighteen, nearly complete, but the dew was still on her.” HeartStillsRealBodyBigsEyeLastsYoungStrongClearChildhoodHairFineGoldShiningWaveEdgesSurfaceColourCheeksWetAshesHer EyesShieldsDewForeheadsEighteenBlondePumps Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“What we had went so much deeper than a kiss. When we were together, she turned me completely inside out. It didn't matter if we were dead or alive. We could never be kept apart. There were some things more powerful than worlds or universes. She was my world, as much as I was hers. What we had, we knew. The poems are all wrong. It's a bang, a really big bang. Not a whimper. And sometimes gold can stay. Anybody who's ever been in love can tell you that.” IfsWorldSometimesMatterBigsTogetherUniversePowerfulAliveKissingGoldDeeperBangsBeen In Love Author:Kami Garcia
“Have you ever been anyone's?" "No. And you?" "I've never wanted to." "Neither have I. Until I saw this lovely girl in Seattle, with big gold eyes, and pink, full lips... and I wondered if she could understand me.” IfsBigsEyeWantedGirlSawsGoldLipsLovelySeattleUnderstand MeLovely Girl Author:Katy Evans
“The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of place. When everyone else is wearing black, stand out in a bold, bright color. When everyone else is wearing dress that falls to the floor, shock them with a short gold brocade suit. But try not to overdo it. Focus on one thing: Will it be a statement neckclace, a stunning pair of earrings, or really big hair? You decide.” TryingLooksDifferentBigsFallBlackFocusOne ThingFashionColorHairKeysGoldOriginalsDressesStatementsSuitsEveningShockPairsStanding OutStunningEarringsBright ColorsFocus On One ThingBig HairWearing Black Author:Isaac Mizrahi
“It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like.” LooksTwoHomeDreamBigsEasyGoldMedalGold Medals Author:Michaela Dorfmeister