Top 1200 Big Cities Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.

The SheBelieves was my big moment, my big breakthrough. We had to get on that platform, hold that trophy, and have that medal around our necks.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

My managerial ambitions were the same as I had as a player: to become as good as possible and to join the big teams in the big leagues.

Basically, the big studios and companies distributing your movie just take a big cut of profit for making posters.

Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films.

My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.

I had big dreams and I really knew I wanted to do big things, but I wasn't sure how I was going to go about doing it.

There's a lot of history here. In terms of Asians in this country, you have a big influx after the Cultural Revolution, a big influx after the Korean War, a big influx after the Vietnam War.

I would say that when you have a big dream or you're trying to solve a big problem, there will always be people who tell you that you can't. Here's my advice: don't listen.

My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system.

When we got quite big and were generating a lot of money through the arenas, we became quite a big thing, and a lot of managers appeared, and it became a big machine, like we were in Pink Floyd or something, and I don't think we were into that. We didn't really compromise.

Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.

There is no reason to protect illegal-alien criminals from deportation. And cities that defy the law should face serious consequences.

The White House is not where power comes from in this country. The cities and the local communities of this nation are prepared to save Washington - and not vice versa.

I gravitate toward people with a big, sane, sound mind and big heart with a soft spot for elders, children, and animals.

I live in Sydney now. I came here for the show and never went home - I do like it, it's a big change... it's a big city, it's very fast.

William Blake said 200 years ago that when man and mountains meet, something big is happening. I'm searching for the 'big.'

I had travelled to a lot of cities in Europe before, but Prague was special. It held a mysterious attraction for me for during the time I was there.

If I had gone to a big network at age 28, I'd have been a big failure. I wasn't ready and needed to make a decade of mistakes.

I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.

In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.

Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.

The future of marketing isn't big data, it's big understanding.

When you dream big, you eventually attract big things.

Big risk means big reward. I want that.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

One big learning from Thiel fellowship was think really big and create an impact, without thinking if anybody has done it before.

I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.

I feel more at home in Chennai and Hyderabad than in Mumbai since I spend so much time in these two cities.

I'm not a big guy anyway. I'm only, what, 150 pounds? I was 190 for 'Batman,' 179 for 'Warrior.' Films make you look big.

Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.

My last name has the word 'big' in it. It seems like a logical progression that if you shed away the Bir and the lia, I'll just be Big.

Adults have big, big wishes that we do not expect to come true. That is why we need so many more candles on our cakes.

Grace Kelly writes great songs, sings beautifully, is a world class saxophonist, and is going to be a big big star

One of the challenges that Vancouver and cities across the country are facing is that we don't have a federal partner in terms of building for transit, not in the way we need.

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

The big money goes to kids and young men - big tent-pole movies, which are expensive but have a great return.

I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.

I think a lot of us women feel like we deserve to play on the big courts in front of a big crowd as well.

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

When I was a little girl, I thought I was Sydney Carton in Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' I don't think anyone else did.

You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable.

Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.

Only the big souls can forgive the big crimes!

Behind every big artist, there's a big team.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.

The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.

Tensions and violence in cities across America are reminders of how quickly communities can erupt with an absence of social trust.

LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine.

The rural areas have been deprived by the cities in the past. Development resources and energy should be directed where the people live.

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something I not only felt, but I participated in.

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive to the nearest city.

When you have a big heart and big stuff, anything is possible.

Muller is a winner for Germany and expects to score big goals in big games, especially with his late runs from behind the striker.

African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent.

The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.

I drafted and proposed a law to secure our borders and build the border wall - and make the sanctuary cities pay for it.