Big Ones Quotes
On the wins, catches, and moments that count most.
This phrase turns up in surprisingly different contexts — the fisherman's rueful 'it's always the big ones that get away,' and the reminder that happiness is mostly built from small, frequent pleasures since 'the big ones come too infrequently.' More in the Power quotes.
'Mustanging' was like trout fishing. It is always the big ones that get away. When you did get a bunch of them into a corral, you found they did not look half so large and handsome as when they were...
I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.
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What would you rather do? Fix a small problem well or answer a small problem well or flail around at the big ones and pay a lot of lip service?
Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.
Group Quotes
The truth for me is that I've been doing independent film since the get-go, so that's a big passion of mine, but the big ones are really fun, too. I like my world to be eclectic.
I've met a lot of people since I was around four years old, some really big ones along the way, and I don't think I've met anyone who's as generous of spirit as Quentin Tarantino.
Transportation and education are two big ones for me. And transportation is selfishly a big issue for me because I drive these roads every day. My family does.
The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out...
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
Influence Quotes
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of...
I never counted how many tattoos I have, but I started getting them at a really young age, so most of my big ones are cover-ups.
'The Wire's definitely one of them. 'The Sopranos' is one of my all-time favorites. Those are two big ones for me.
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One entry even uses it to explain a career choice, citing short shelf-life as one of the big ones. For related scale, see the Influence quotes.
