Big Guys Quotes - Page 2

• John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

  Gene Siskel

  Guy, Actors, Wonderful

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• I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the restaurant for him, and when he walked in with his morning paper, all the waitresses started squealing. He was a big guy, bigger than in the movies.

  Tony D'Souza

  Morning, Long, Guy

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• Washington is rigged for the big guys - and no person has more consistently called them out for it than Jon Stewart. Good luck, Jon!

  Elizabeth Warren

  Good Luck, Guy, Bigs

  FaceBook post by Elizabeth Warren from Feb 11, 2015

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• No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the rest of the players, but when the big guys cracked one, it went out of the park. Mine went out of the infield.

  Nellie Fox

  Running, Home, Player

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• Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Couple, People, Guy

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• I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.

  Lee Child

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.236, Delacorte Press

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• Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big guy wearing Lycra it doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I resisted the temptation to ask Eric to turn around. "I don't believe I could be convincing as a queen," Eric said, "but I decided this sent such a mixed signal, almost anything was possible." He fluttered his eyelashes at me. Eric was definitely enjoying this. "Oh, yes," I said, trying to find somewhere else to look. (Living Dead in Dallas)

  Charlaine Harris

  Queens, Believe, Thinking

  Charlaine Harris (2002). “Living Dead in Dallas: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.204, Penguin

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• All right, big guy, down you go." Oh,yeah. Bed. Bed was good. "And look who's here. It's Nurse Vishous.

  J.R. Ward

  Nurse, Guy, Bed

  J.R. Ward (2011). “J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 1-4”, p.677, Penguin

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• It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before.

  Luc Besson

  Wall, Mean, People

  Interview with Richard Jobson, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2000.

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• ...When it was finished, the scaled dragon looked around and as the thing spotted V, a growl rippled up to the bleachers, then ended in a snort. "You finished, big guy?" Va called down. "FYI, goalpost over there would work righteous as a toothpick.

  J.R. Ward

  Dragons, Guy, Bigs

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• I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I found myself in trouble because I always had a mouth that would come back with something, and there was just never anyone who could make me be quiet.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Guy, Mouths, Quiet

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• I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Responsibility, Thinking, Guy

  "Among the wild things" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2000.

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• It's often said that the Democrats fight 'for the little guy.' That's true: liberals fight to make sure the little guy stays little! Think about it. What if all the little guys were to prosper and become big guys? Then what? Who would liberals pretend to fight for? If the bamboozlers fight for anything, it's to ensure that the little guy stays angry at those nasty conservatives who are holding him down.

  Angela McGlowan

  Fighting, Thinking, Guy

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• People always like stories about the little guy fighting the big guy.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Fighting, People, Guy

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• I'm a big guy so I have to keep my muscles loose. So I do a lot of stretching before the game. I'll do about 10-15 minutes of yoga just to loosen up my body, get warm and get ready to play.

  DeAndre Jordan

  Yoga, Games, Play

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Maybe the day will come when I can sit back and be content....But until that day comes, I intend to stay in the batter's box - I don't let the big guys push me out of there anymore - and keep hammering away.

  Hank Aaron

  Sports, Guy, Boxes

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• That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do.

  Jerry Coleman

  Funny, Baseball, Humor

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• I'm not a big guy and hopefully kids could look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm just a regular guy. So if somebody with a regular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. That would make me happy.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Book, Kids, Guy

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• I was a hockey player, growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates. As an actor, I've been all over the map, but since I've moved to Hollywood, people tend to cast me in these more imposing characters, which is actually really fun for me.

  Kevin Durand

  Growing Up, Fun, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• Yeah, handsome, great big guy, seven feet tall! Name is Rick Miller - Portland, Oregon. And he started a business. Of course you know it was in basketball. But it wasn't in basketball! I mean, I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

  Mitt Romney

  Basketball, Sports, Mean

  "Mitt Romney and “Sport,” a Continuing Saga" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I don't ever want to be an average fourth starter. I want to be the big guy.

  Jeremy Bonderman

  Average, Guy, Want

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• I am a big guy and happen to play a position that requires you to be relatively quick. I can't let up now. I have to work every day to be better next year.

  Garrett Atkins

  Years, Play, Guy

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• It wouldn't be bad to have the Secret Service keeping an eye on my teenage daughter. I personally am not troubled by the fact that there would be a couple of big guys with earpieces beside her, just in case.

  Marco Rubio

  Daughter, Couple, Teenage

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion - even sexy - despite being overweight by conventional standards.

  Boy George

  Sexy, Long, Interesting

  "Taboo". Interview with Mark Ronson, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 19, 2008.

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• When the big guys in Washington dream of transforming the world, it’s the little guys who come home in body bags.

  David Ignatius

  Dream, Home, Guy

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