Bigness

Mays has eyes that rival Heather Graham's in bigness and roundness and she can fill them with a sadness that would make her look like a puppy in the rain if she didn't also fill them with mischief. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All the talk about the current problems coming from the gradual repeal of the Glass Steagal from 1980 to 2000 are generally barking up the wrong tree, the gradual allowance of interstate banking (where banks could take deposits and have branches in more than one state), which occurred concurrently, and led to bigger and bigger banks would seem to have mattered far more, if bigness is where the badness is coming from. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I DO wonder if we're seeing another variation of the Caldecott problem, wherein bigness, ambition and (some say) egotism win the prize, and that these themselves are culturally coded as male virtues. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)

Second, that enforcement of those norms and customs could have been essential for group cohesion and harmony, especially as groups got bigger (bigness is important in battles against other groups). ❋ Unknown (2007)

VCs can help you jumpstart, sure, but raising 100 or 400 million dollars to skip all the steps on the way to bigness is rare indeed. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I find that statement particularly significant in that it has a pejorative connotation: bigness is apparently assumed to require restraint. ❋ Unknown (1976)

One aspect of the movement towards bigness is the development we have just noted, the growth of regional trading groups, at present mainly in Western Europe but being emulated in Latin America, the Middle East and elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (1963)

While mere bigness is not the criteria, the optimum sized industry really is the criteria of contribution to productivity. ❋ Unknown (1963)

Although bigness is not synonymous with greatness neither is smallness synonymous with high quality. ❋ Unknown (1958)

The concept that bigness is bad is a weakness in our mental attitude toward our economy, and Lilienthal made a very good study of it. ❋ Unknown (1953)

MR. RANDALL: David Lilienthal has just written a new book directed to the fact that bigness is a basic misconception in American life. ❋ Unknown (1953)

The concept of bigness is apt to be a delusion, and standardizing processes must not supplant creative impulses. ❋ Unknown (1935)

Yt bridge was over the River Linn wch Comes from Norfolke and does almost Encompass the jsland of Ely wch is 20 mile in bigness, in wch are severall Little towns as Wisbech and many others. ❋ Unknown (1888)

Independents, and, indeed, most Americans, share a healthy skepticism about "bigness" -- big insurance, big government, big labor and big business. ❋ Jennifer Rubin (2011)

I have no idea how they calculate 'bigness' - record sales? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, the chief of the fairy tales, by which he gains this glory and glamour, is a certain hazy association he has managed to create between the idea of bigness and the idea of practicality. ❋ Richard Aleman (2007)

[Darn] it [i just lost] my bigness, That stupid [turtle] just killed my bigness. ❋ Flmtech (2010)

Person 1- "[Look at that] [shape's] bigness" Person 2- "[I know right], so-big!" ❋ Chocymilkandnuggs (2022)

He [went] [big on] the [cocaine], but he went big on big when he overdosed ❋ Jittersnatch (2017)

“[Yo bro], [do you] [got that] Big Big?” ❋ Mr. Sweet Nipples (2019)

Where as ‘well in’ may be used when a goal is scored at a [Premier League] football game, ‘[BIG IN]’ is used when a goal is scored at [the World Cup]. ❋ Elandhiz (2020)

[Whoa] I wish [my dick] was that [big]! ❋ Mzdankness (2019)

1) "I'm big on history. I really like [learning] about ancient people and how what they did affects us today." 2) "That [congresswoman] is really big on spending for schools and [education]." ❋ Andriod5 (2005)

did you see that [bus] that almost ran over will? yeah i [feel bad] for it will just got [all up] and big will-ed that thing ❋ Tizight T (2006)

Person 1: [Who's that]? Person 2: [Thats] Big [Griff] ❋ AlfDonny (2020)

"[oops], i'm [so sorry] i [stepped on] your toe!" "hey, no big" ❋ Jessica (2003)