“In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on.” KnowsBigsKidsFansFootballTvsLateBowlsScotland80sAmerican FootballSuper BowlMiamiDolphinsLogosMiami Dolphins Author:Kevin McKidd
“We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.” PeopleKnowsGivingWellsProblemBigsKidsHumanityIssuesDietsBig ThingsObesityFast Food Author:Chris Noth
“I still don't know how I got to the big leagues because I wasn't that good.” KnowsStillsBigsKnow HowLeague Author:Johnny Oates
“In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.” KnowsBigsValuesParentMy OwnGoes OnHigherProtectionHouseholdAsianDiscouragementHigher Education Author:Sandra Oh
“It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell?” IfsKnowsWantTryingStoriesBigsOpportunityGivenBornDealsBabyUglyPilots Author:Timothy Olyphant
“I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.” KnowsTryingBigsBrainBreakSawsFootballHeroMetsBeatsEnglandStudiosDrunkScotlandMy HeroRefrigeratorsFootball Match Author:Andy Partridge
“You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that.” KnowsFirstsDoneBigsJoyHateCausesHeardFansFirst TimeAbsolutesAlbumsFrustrationMixturesHate Myself Author:Andy Partridge
“You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.” KnowsWayBigsHappensNovelHellKnowingEpicNobody KnowsKnowing What To Do Author:Jerry Pournelle
“At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.” KnowsImportantBigsLevelsKnow HowHugeMajorsLeagueCoachingMinorsStaffMajor LeagueCoaching Staff Author:Mike Quade
“You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantBigsForgetPositionDeserveOrganizationTiedTied Up Author:Chesley Sullenberger
“The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingIdeasStoriesBigsFormMadnessCraftsAcceptableFlashBig Ideas Author:Taiye Selasi
“My father-in-law gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and watches the Discovery Channel. I don't know why there's this big rush to do this.” KnowsBigsLawFatherWatchesMorningDiscoveryGet UpClockIn-lawsGood MorningFunny DadFather In Law Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“It's just interesting that people don't really know about the roles that I play that are darker. I kind of do a huge blend of really big light things but also really dark indie things, and it just sort of happens to work out that way.” PeopleKnowsWayKindPlayBigsLightHappensDarkInterestingRolesHugeWork Out Author:Brittany Snow
“Connecting with my daughter is the most important thing in my life - the priority. I want to be a man who shows up for her. I want to have such a big influence on her, so that she knows she can call me about anything, which she does.” KnowsMenWantDoeImportantShowsBigsMotherInfluenceDaughterImportant ThingsPrioritiesMy DaughterCall MeConnectingBe A Man Author:Jamie Foxx
“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.” IfsKnowsWayBigsRunningLostGivenPresidentRepublicanLosingAccountsRomneyMccainTidyOffshore Author:George Will
“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.” KnowsWayBigsNovelAmountScientistUniversityPhysicsFrustratedMathematicianTheoreticalBig QuestionsTheoretical Physics Author:Scarlett Thomas
“I've developed my passion for cars that drive themselves from being stuck in traffic for many, many, many hours of my life. I don't know what it adds up to, but I feel like I've lost a year or two just in traffic. That's big to me. That's a lot of time, a lot of money that I just lose on the road.” KnowsFeelsYearsTwoBigsPassionLostHoursLosesCarAddStuckLots Of MoneyTrafficMy PassionStuck In Traffic Author:Sebastian Thrun
“I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.” PeopleKnowsYearsBigsWantedLastsMovingArtistOrderNextSoundLevelsMetsImpactWho I AmCaliforniaRomeLast YearNext LevelNicaraguaBig Impact Author:Kate Voegele
“That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!” ThinkingKnowsMenFirstsRealBigsGuyLaughingJokesFunny Men Author:Alan Vega
“If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.” IfsKnowsLittlesDoeBigsGovernmentKnow HowTroublePlantChemicalsComing OutLeaksBenzene Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.
“I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core.” PeopleKnowsMatterCharacterBigsCoreTruthful Author:Lesley Ann Warren
“Alcohol is a big part of high school. I went through my little phase. I don't know one high schooler that doesn't.” KnowsLittlesBigsSchoolHigh SchoolAlcoholPhases Author:Shailene Woodley
“Whatever my life looks like, I want it to be real and big and full. I want when, if I get hit by a car, I want to know that I have deep and real friendships, people to visit me in the hospital.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLooksRealBigsCarHospitalsBeing RealReal FriendsReal Friendship Author:Jen Kirkman
“I'm not a big fan of guitar face. You know, when someone's playing guitar, and they make this really embarrassing face, like they smush their lips together and... they look you in the eye and it's really humiliating. You know some people have that really embarrassing guitar face? I remember thinking about this when I was doing the DJing, because... you do have to focus, and that's what happens, it's your focus face. But you're in a movie, so you should probably lock it up.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldLooksBigsHappensEyeTogetherRememberFacesFocusFansGuitarLipsLocksEmbarrassingHumiliatingPlaying Guitar Author:Lucas Till
“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
“It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.” PeopleKnowsBigsTreats Author:Meek Mill
“Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek.” PeopleKnowsWorldBigsRunningHeardMilitaryBillsFilmmakerGatesGeekRiceHardware Author:China Mieville
“A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.” PeopleKnowsBigsJobsInformationAnxietyNervous Author:Glen Mazzara
“It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27.” KnowsBigsRunningYoungEasyCenturyRaisedShoesTransitionFoxes20th CenturyEyebrowsBig Shoes Author:Richard D. Zanuck
“Why does the longing for love have to be so acute, like a desperate thirst? Is it because love is wanting to be saved and we can never really be saved? Maybe love is really born of our fears. Love is the heart’s desire for a painkiller; a tearful plea for a great big epidural. Yes that’s it: love is the only anesthesia that really works. And so people with broken hearts are really those who are just coming to, and if you’ve ever seen someone come out of general anesthesia, you know that it looks a lot like the beginnings of a broken heart.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksHeartDoeBigsDesireBornLove IsBrokenLongingSavedDesperateThirstFear Of LoveAnesthesiaPainkillersMaybe LoveEpidurals Author:Jonathan Hull
“My explosiveness, I really couldn't show it at UCLA. It's still there. It's always been there. It was not a lot of running. It was a half-court game. Coach Howland came from the Big East and so you know that's a grind out game.” KnowsStillsShowsBigsRunningGamesHalfCourtEastCoachesGrindUcla Author:Shabazz Muhammad
“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
“Bono as we all know, is in love with the world, he's enamoured by it. I'm enraged by it. He wants to give the world a great big hug, I want to punch its lights out.” KnowsWorldWantGivingBigsLightHug Author:Bob Geldof
“If an American is motoring on his own, he (the paragon of morality and chastity) will slow down and stop beside every solitary pretty female pedestrian, bare his teeth in a big smile, and tempt her into his car with a wild roll of the eyes. A lady who fails to appreciate his passion will qualify as an idiot who doesn't realise how lucky she is to have the opportunity of getting to know the owner of this 100-horse-power motor car.” IfsKnowsBigsEyePassionOpportunityFailingCarMoralityLuckyFemaleAppreciateHorseDown AndTeethIdiotOwnersRealisingSolitarySlow DownMotorChastityPedestriansMotor CarsParagon Book:My Discovery of America Source: My Discovery of America
“A lot of people say I’m bent and I’ve heard it so many times I’ve almost learned to accept it ... I couldn’t stand to be thought of as a big butch lady. But I know I’m as perfectly capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy. More and more people feel that way and I don’t see why I shouldn’t.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsBigsGirlAcceptingBoysHeardCapableBent Author:Dusty Springfield
“The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the empty nest is learning to put myself first. I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let them have space and learn without me.” KnowsMenFirstsBigsCareStrongRealizingSpaceSonMomNeededEmptyIndependentRaisedHardestGod LoveMy SonNestsStrong IndependentEmpty Nest Author:Kim Alexis
“I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.” KnowsBigsDealsKnownSpecialBig Deal Author:Damon Albarn
“I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.” PeopleKnowsBelieveI CanMatterBigsDealsAccomplish Author:Beverly Sills
“It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.” KnowsWorldBigsTogetherGamesWishUnitedFansProudAmbitionIncrediblesPassionateClubsManagersLeagueArenaManchesterKnowledgeableManchester UnitedPremier League Author:Louis van Gaal
“I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsIdeasBigsBrainValuableBelieverValuable Things Author:Rian Johnson
“Prig and philistine, Ph.D. and C.P.A., despot of English 218c and big shot of the Kiwanis Club-how much, at bottom, they both hate Art, and how hard it is to know which of them hates it the more.” KnowsArtHardBigsHateCultureShotsBottomClubsDespotsPhilistinesBig Shots Author:Louis Kronenberger
“Seems like everything people oughta know they just don't want to hear. I guess that's the big trouble with the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantBigsSeemsTrouble Author:Daniel Mainwaring