(1543 quotes found)
“Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.”
G. K. Chesterton
“The audience that would see that movie, by and large, doesn't go to see horror films, ... It was a great pleasure to make, and to see Meryl (Streep) nominated (for a best actress Oscar) for it. But most of the people I run into who loved it are surprised that I made it. When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that.”
Wes Craven
“If we see a star at a large distance from the center of the galaxy, that star is going to be mostly moving either away from the center or back toward the center. Almost certainly, most of its motion is perpendicular to our line of sight.”
Avishai Dekel
“Your name is a large part of you, yourself.”
Nerrymiah Scipio
“A small debt produces a debtor; a large one, an enemy”
Publilius Syrus
“I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; it is a rhetorical society; it is a society of physical performance; it is a society of style.”
Derek Walcott
“Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?”
William Shakespeare
“We convert the college rooms to kid-friendly environments [that] contribute to learning. Many large universities have similar programs.”
Christine Thompson
“In general, I'm opposed to any industrialization of Long Island Sound, ... It's appalling to think of plunking something so large out there. We enjoy watching the tankers and freighters go by from where I live, but I don't think anybody's going to appreciate something that big sitting out there on a permanent basis.”
John Opie
“A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.”
Barbra Streisand
