Bigger Quotes - Page 17

• A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions... Of all targets New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.

  E. B. White

  New York, Islands, Bridges

  "Here Is New York". Book by E. B. White, 1948.

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• The higher the goal, the harder the climb, but after that the bigger the muscle the, smarter the mind.

  Big Sean

  Goal, Mind, Muscles

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• Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter. I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done. But it didn't transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger.

  Syd Barrett

  Light, Feelings, Groups

  Melody Maker, March 1971.

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• The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.

  Jim Elliot

  Gods Will, Bargains

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• I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

  Nick Saban

  Yesterday, Care, Problem

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• Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years, and I can answer without batting an eye: No. Accomplishments, applause, awards and fortune are rewards that often come as the result of hard work and a determined spirit, but there is something bigger. Something better. Something that will outlast the winningest season, the plushest corner office, the heftiest bonus and the loudest cheers. That something can only be found when we look beyond the final score.

  Tom Osborne

  Cheer, Blessed, Hard Work

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• There's only one head bigger than Tony Greig's - and that's Birkenhead

  Fred Trueman

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• If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Country, Government, Differences

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• The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.

  Joseph Goebbels

  Lying

  "Aus Churchills Lügenfabrik" ("Churchill's Lie Factory"), 12 January 1941; "Die Zeit ohne Beispiel" by Joseph Goebbels, Munich: Zentralverlag der NSDAP, (pp. 364-369), 1941.

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• No matter where you are in the world the moon is never bigger than your thumb.

  John Dear

  Moon, Thumbs, World

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• A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it's harder to turn quickly.

  Tony Hsieh

  Ships, Cruise, Harder

  "Zappos Milestone: Q&A With Tony Hsieh". Footwear News Interview, footwearnews.com. May 4, 2009.

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• There was a euphoria in the music and the way it was delivered, and, as the crowds started to get bigger, it fed off itself until it became less about the band and more about being with all those people, jumping up and down, drunk to the music.

  Noel Gallagher

  Jumping, People, Drunk

  "'U2 should shut up about Africa', says Noel Gallagher". Interview with Neil McCormick, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 8, 2007.

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• Make YOUR can larger than YOUR can't, and YOUR DREAMS bigger than YOUR doubts

  Robin Sharma

  Dream, Fear, Doubt

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Jul 02, 2013

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• I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me.

  Jane Goodall

  Spiritual, Believe, Ideas

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• There's no bigger surprise than to be tooling along at 200 MPH and suddenly get hit from the rear

  Darrell Waltrip

  Mph, Surprise

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• I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get in Manhattan.

  Raquel Zimmermann

  Space, Manhattan, Brooklyn

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• Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos

  Donella Meadows

  Party, Wings, Oil

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• The first commandment of economics is: Grow. Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National economies need to swell by a certain percent each year. People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more - ever more.
  The first commandment of the Earth is: enough. Just so much and no more. Just so much soil. Just so much water. Just so much sunshine. Everything born of the Earth grows to its appropriate size and then stops.

  Donella Meadows

  Sunshine, Years, People

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• There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

  Daniel Ek

  People, Way, Months

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• Care Immensely or Die: This is a bigger culture shift than you realize.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Culture, Care, Realizing

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• Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are

  William Redington Hewlett

  Army, Trying, Hills

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• Remain open. There is something bigger than you know going on here.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Enlightening, Knows

  Twitter post from Mar 12, 2017

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• I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.

  Fred Thompson

  Summertime

  "Fred Thompson Thrills Young GOP, Romney Also Impresses". www.foxnews.com. July 08, 2007.

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• Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.

  Evan Parker

  People, Scene, Genes

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• It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

  Shashi Tharoor

  Country, Army, Winning

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