- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big Thing Quotes
The one thing that mattered most.
These quotes each name the one big thing that mattered most to them, from embracing natural appearance despite early insecurity to finally reaching a long-held career goal. For related purpose-driven quotes, see Importance.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want a girl who lets me do my own thing, but who is going to be by my side the whole time, because I know I'd be supportive of her. And kissing is a big thing for me! You have to be a good kisser.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Robotics has been around forever, and it's been the next big thing forever, and it is so exciting and compelling that it's easy to get carried away. People almost always do, and that's one of the things that has held back the industry.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an honor to be on the cover of this game because the World Cup is such a big thing around the world. My kids are really quite impressed so that's fun.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my favorite place to eat dinner is the movie theater. Dirty dogs, a big thing of nachos and a Cherry Coke - and I'm good.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most industrial designers do a bottle or a pen or a computer - things that go right past your eye. When you see a chair, it's almost like a person. It's this great big thing in front of you. It hits you more.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can completely lose myself into just absolutely satisfying things - a really amazing cheeseburger, a pizza, good fries, a beer. I enjoy being comfortable and eating whatever the hell I like. It's a big thing for me, just having the freedom to be able to do that.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next Time.' 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' of course.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I admit, I'm suspicious of any career planning that involves chasing the next 'big thing,' just because it's so hard to predict what the next big thing is going to be a couple of years - or even six months - out.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
So now, if we don't fund the physical sciences, where will the Next Big Thing come from?
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
AOL Instant Messenger was a big thing back in the day, where girls would get on it and make fun of me. There was a certain girl, and she wanted to make me feel bad.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.
- Availability
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially the American Irish. The availability of loss, some kind of pain, is an important part of who we are. I think my Irishness gave me that.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020