Big Mike Quotes

#1. I lived here my whole life and I've never been to this neighborhood.' And Big Mike finally spoke up. 'Don't worry,' he said. 'I got your back.

Michael Lewis

#2. After I started getting criticism for doing 'Big Brother,' someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host 'Concentration' and Mike Wallace used to do 'The Big Surprise.' I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn't sealed shut if I want to do '60 Minutes' one day.

Julie Chen

#3. I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.

Mike Gordon

#4. My money's on the big Indian,' someone was saying. I peeked up to see that Tyler, Mike, Austin and Ben had there heads bent together, deep in conversation. 'Yeah,' Mike whispered. 'Did you see the size of that Jacob kid? I think he could take Cullen down.' Mike seemed pleased by the idea.

Stephenie Meyer

#5. I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people who send me to Washington to be their voice are opposed to them and this process.

Mike Ross

#6. I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different.

Mike Binder

#7. It's Mother's Day, so a big 'Happy Birthday' to all you mothers out there!

Mike Shannon

#8. Our world is ... longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender ... and ours; a God whose love frightens us into His strong and powerful arms where He longs to whisper those terrifying words, 'I love you.'

Mike Yaconelli

#9. My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

Mike Krzyzewski

#10. I'm 61 now, and I'm comfortable in my lifestyle ... I don't yearn for the limelight on a regular basis. I get a kick out of it every so often. I go to Philly and go to a game, and they make a big deal about me. That's fun for a couple of days, and I can go back to my own private life.

Mike Schmidt

#11. If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

Matt Kemp

#12. It's nice that psychedelic music is kind of a buzzword. When I started with Vincent Black Shadow, stoner-rock was getting big, but it was more of a riff-oriented thing. Now people are starting to get into the 60's-Pink Floyd-acid-pop viewpoint.

Mike Romano

#13. Although the reasons for Michigan's malaise are varied, one big reason is our state's almost uniquely uncompetitive tax structure, which one General Motors official called the costliest of all jurisdictions where GM operates.

Mike Bouchard

#14. I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

Mike Trout

#15. It wasn't the first warning sign, but for some reason that experience was a big wake-up call for me. It was now or never. I had to do something about my weight and overall

Mike Berland

#16. When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory

Mike Krzyzewski

#17. Big visions are realized through small steps.

Mike Glenn

#18. I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

Mike Watt

#19. Having run Tellme before, one of the things I learned about running a big network is it's one thing to have some people not be able to get on the way they want to get on, but as long as people who are on the network are having a good experience, you're totally cool.

Mike McCue

#20. I think your alcohol intake has to change. You know, usually a big person feels they can drink anything they want to and as much as they want to and I've cut that way back.

Mike Ditka

#21. I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.

Stevie Nicks

#22. Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin saved my life. That's how I view them giving me a record deal, with nothing but love and adoration. I saw Big Boi have to do what he kept doing after Dre said he didn't want to do touring and Aquemini [the label].

Killer Mike

#23. Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.

Mike DeWine

#24. I'm not really a director or producer for hire. There's lots of big gigs out there, but I'm not looking to do that. Usually, when I'm directing or producing, I've written it myself. I'm not really trying to get on some big horse that's running through town. I just make my own stuff.

Mike White

#25. We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything.

Mike Lowry

#26. To hell with that. If a guy can pull a big erg, I can teach him how to row.

Mike Teti

#27. I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'

Holly Holm

#28. Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!

Mike Shinoda

#29. At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

Mike Quade

#30. I want kids who are going to go out there and compete, lay it all on the table. I think the big thing about this game is you have to care a lot about it.

Mike Candrea

#31. I was raised Catholic, and then I kind of wandered away somewhere in high-school. I never got confirmed, which is a big deal.

Mike Birbiglia

#32. Discovery is exciting, no matter how big or small or close or distant ...

Mike Brown

#33. Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades.

Mike Bickle

#34. The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?

Mike Johanns

#35. Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you're telling big stories with a heart at the centre of it - and that's what connects all of the characters to our audience members.

Mike Colter

#36. Over and over again, I'm trying to express or communicate these big and small struggles to the world, and really to myself.

Mike Mills

#37. You learn to handle the big moments in life by practicing on the little ones.

Mike Huckabee

#38. Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just a big fan of comedy.

Mike Birbiglia

#39. On 'Friday,' I had a big trailer, and we would have a barbecue going and music playing. It was a fun set. There was too much involved for 'The Hangover' to be a fun set. They're trying to get money.

Mike Epps

#40. I just feel like there hasn't been enough time away from all this other stuff and into this new world or sort of big world that it hasn't worn off yet.

Mike Lowry

#41. When people are breaking the law, they don't get an invitation to the White House. They ought to be getting an invitation to the big house ... This is just an anathema to everything that the civil rights movement was truly all about and what it accomplished.

Mike Huckabee

#42. Regardless of Bill Clinton's politics or personal life, he grew up in obscurity and was elected to the presidency - twice. Don't take that away from him, because then you take it away from every other kid in America sitting out there in a school bus with a big dream.

Mike Huckabee

#43. I'm a big animal. Fine motor skills are not me forte.

Mike Mehalek

#44. On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want to pierce [the audience's] souls and have them think about what I have to say.

Mike Tyson

#45. Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

Beyonce Knowles

#46. I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

Mike Mills

#47. America provided things that form the foundation of who we used to be: the prospect and potential of hope, mercy, and freedom for strangers who came carrying not much more than a determination to survive in a big country with a bigger heart.

Mike Barnicle

#48. It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now ... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now.

Mike Peters

#49. I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

Mike Krzyzewski

#50. I am criticizing a culture that has sold the big lie that 'Mom doesn't matter.'

Mike Pence

#51. I can't say 'why me,' Brady. That's one of the big no-can-do's. Because if I do that now that bad stuff has happened to me, why didn't I say it about all the amazing stuff that happened to me before?

Mike Lupica

#52. I want to be bigger than everybody else, but I wouldn't want to be so big that people can't accept it. For instance, if you come in with 30-inch-arms, even your own peers aren't going to accept that. I wouldn't want to be that way. I wouldn't want to infinitely become unreal.

Mike Katz

#53. I'm a big fan of pirates in general.

Mike Leach

#54. The big budget films have money to do things that are not necessarily essential but sure are comforting. The catering is usually much better. And you have way more of anything you could possibly need. You definitely get a trailer. My shirt and suit for 'Million Dollar Baby' were tailor made.

Mike Colter

#55. You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend.

Mike Tyson

#56. I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money.

Mike Weir

#57. I want the score to have a really big voice.

Mike Figgis

#58. Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that 12-inch, 78 record, and I stood up on an ottoman to play it on a big Victrola and I'd just keep playing it and playing it.

Mike Stoller

#59. All the Disney lead male characters always have this kind of John Davidson kind of look to them. They all look like the same guy, and all the females look like the same, and I think the guys are just way too big.

Mike Judge

#60. Zivojinovic seems to be able to pull the big bullet out of the top drawer

Mike Ingham

#61. Every little boy wanna pick up the mic,
And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype.
But that's like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike,
Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin' Roy to a fight.

LL Cool J

#62. A lot of people say, 'Why do health-care reform when the deficits are so big?' But that is when we've got to do it.

Mike Ross

#63. The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

Mike Pence

#64. In order to become a master, you need to emulate. If you're going to be as big as Warhol has become in art, then you have to have younger generations who are exploring your work and trying to understand it like a language.

Mike Bidlo

#65. Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense.

Mike McCarthy

#66. Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember him playing fantastically during soundchecks. During each gig, he was watching from the side of the stage, seeing Big Jim play stuff that he could play better.

Mike Patton

#67. For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.

Mike Pence

#68. During last night's Republican debate, Mike Huckabee got a big laugh when he said that Congress has been spending money like John Edwards at a beauty salon. Then Huckabee got an even bigger laugh when he said he's running for president

Conan O'Brien

#69. 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.

Mike Birbiglia

#70. Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.

Mike Pence

#71. King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he must be doing something crooked.

Mike Tyson

#72. So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys.

Mike Wilson

#73. American Pie' was a big movie for me. No one knew it at the time, but it allowed me to be offered such movies as 'Like Mike' and 'New York Minute' with the Olsen twins

Eugene Levy

#74. If I spend all of my day in the details as a CEO of a company like Wal-Mart, I think it would be trouble, because I wouldn't really be prepared to speak to the big issues that the country or the world should face.

Mike Duke

#75. Taxpayers don't need any more big government mandates that have proven to be disastrous.

Mike Rogers

#76. The really big challenge is delivering the social justice agenda in the Belfast Agreement, which hasn't been delivered.

Mike Nesbitt

#77. You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther - and faster - than people with more education and experience.

Mike Michalowicz

#78. People can talk all they want about the Big Ten. About Michigan and Ohio State and Indiana and Kentucky or whatever, but there's no way that compares. They're in different states. Here, we share the same dry cleaners." - Mike Kryzewski

Joe Menzer

#79. The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me that the music was a big part of their success at attracting young people.

Roger Ross Williams

#80. And I sort of felt her...you know."

Alan made an exaggerated shape of a heart.

"You touched her heart?" Mike queried.

"No! Her bum. It's sort of, you know, heart shaped. Big heart."

He flexed his fingers, remembering the feel of it. "Soft.

Angela Verdenius

#81. I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time.

Mike Birbiglia