--- title: "Best Giant Proverbs" description: "Browse 353 Giant quotes by 299 authors. Discover the best Giant sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/paul-di-filippo-9923_bad_james-and-the-giant-peach-magnificently_936850.jpg" --- > ['James and the Giant Peach' magnificently starts out Dahl's career as a blithe and droll Bad Uncle corrupter and affirmer of youth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-di-filippo/james-and-the-giant-peach-magnificently-starts-out-dahl-s-career-as-a/) [Paul Di Filippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-di-filippo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/paul-di-filippo-9923_bad_james-and-the-giant-peach-magnificently_936850.jpg) > [If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elon-musk/if-you-want-to-grow-a-giant-redwood-you-need-to-make-sure-the-seeds/) [Elon Musk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elon-musk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/elon-musk-1138_along_if-you-want-to-grow-a-giant-redwood-you_648300.jpg) > [“Ymir was a frost giant; he was evil from the first. While he slept, he began to sweat. A man and woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-crossley-holland/ymir-was-a-frost-giant-he-was-evil-from-the-first-while-he-slept-he/) [Kevin Crossley-Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-crossley-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/kevin-crossley-holland-38225_creation_ymir-was-a-frost-giant-he-was-evil-from_1829970.jpg) > [“He felt as though he had swelled up to the size of a giant. The love in him made his chest a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carson-mccullers/he-felt-as-though-he-had-swelled-up-to-the-size-of-a-giant-the-love/) [Carson McCullers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carson-mccullers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/carson-mccullers-1694_giant_he-felt-as-though-he-had-swelled-up-to-t_2012269.png) > [Out of all the ridiculous religion stories - which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous - the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/out-of-all-the-ridiculous-religion-stories-which-are-greatly/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/trey-parker-4308_big_out-of-all-the-ridiculous-religion-stori_783492.png) > [Michael Clarke Duncan and I met at a music festival that was honoring films, and we happened to be seated next to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-blonsky/michael-clarke-duncan-and-i-met-at-a-music-festival-that-was-honoring/) [Nikki Blonsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-blonsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/nikki-blonsky-39279_dinner_michael-clarke-duncan-and-i-met-at-a-mus_2270352.png) > [Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-cline/before-i-became-a-full-time-writer-i-worked-in-tech-support-in-those/) [Ernest Cline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-cline/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/ernest-cline-1857_actually_before-i-became-a-full-time-writer-i-wor_596236.png) > [“if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-saw-atlas-the-giant-who-holds-the-world-on-his-shoulders-if/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/anonymous-1_atlas_if-you-saw-atlas-the-giant-who-holds-the_72960.jpg) > [“I is a dreamblowing giant,” the BFG said. “(...) I is scuddling away to other places to blow dreams into the bedrooms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/i-is-a-dreamblowing-giant-the-bfg-said-i-is-scuddling-away-to-other/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/roald-dahl-899_children_i-is-a-dreamblowing-giant-the-bfg-said-i_1499254.jpg) > [I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/i-used-to-comfort-myself-with-the-idea-of-a-book-with-serrated/) [Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08e/franz-wright-14400_book_i-used-to-comfort-myself-with-the-idea-o_750067.png) > [“But, the giant wasn’t a god or a demon. He was just a man, very primitive and frightening, yet still just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-garwood/but-the-giant-wasn-t-a-god-or-a-demon-he-was-just-a-man-very/) [Julie Garwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-garwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/julie-garwood-2545_giant_but-the-giant-wasn-t-a-god-or-a-demon-he_1850280.png) > [We're chipping away at our capacity for wonder. When hologram TVs eventually go on sale, they'll cost £20,000 and be bought only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-baynham/we-re-chipping-away-at-our-capacity-for-wonder-when-hologram-tvs/) [Peter Baynham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-baynham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/peter-baynham-28949_away_we-re-chipping-away-at-our-capacity-for_285593.jpg) > [GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-goldsmith/gm-has-never-been-about-feeding-the-world-or-tackling-environmental/) [Zac Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/zac-goldsmith-15438_about_gm-has-never-been-about-feeding-the-worl_2607386.jpg) > [“How do you want to die?” the giant asked in a booming voice. He began to circle her as well. She moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzy-ford/how-do-you-want-to-die-the-giant-asked-in-a-booming-voice-he-began-to/) [Lizzy Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzy-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/lizzy-ford-24300_beautiful-woman_how-do-you-want-to-die-the-giant-asked-i_114955.jpg) > [Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ransom/life-is-a-series-of-steps-things-are-done-gradually-once-in-a-while/) [Ralph Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ransom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/ralph-ransom-85033_done_life-is-a-series-of-steps-things-are-don_1649811.jpg) > [“The three sons of Bor had no liking for Ymir... At last they attacked Ymir and killed him. His wounds were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-crossley-holland/the-three-sons-of-bor-had-no-liking-for-ymir-at-last-they-attacked/) [Kevin Crossley-Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-crossley-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/kevin-crossley-holland-38225_giant_the-three-sons-of-bor-had-no-liking-for_852962.jpg) > [“He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her from above with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-lawrence/he-looked-like-a-thing-broken-loose-from-a-bedtime-story-something/) [R.J. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/r-j-lawrence-18249_fairy-tale_he-looked-like-a-thing-broken-loose-from_2228182.jpg) > [Young parents in America are holy and not to be messed with. If they say something is correct, we all acquiesce. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/young-parents-in-america-are-holy-and-not-to-be-messed-with-if-they/) [Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/amity-shlaes-9137_acquiesce_young-parents-in-america-are-holy-and-no_2753255.png) > [“And I used to think, after all, I'll do a whole mass of things, I'll not die, no way! There's a task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-turgenev/and-i-used-to-think-after-all-i-ll-do-a-whole-mass-of-things-i-ll-not/) [Ivan Turgenev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-turgenev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/ivan-turgenev-2671_dying_and-i-used-to-think-after-all-i-ll-do-a_2599433.jpg) > [The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/the-chinese-have-figured-out-that-they-have-a-giant-environmental/) [Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/joe-biden-454_air_the-chinese-have-figured-out-that-they-h_1840671.jpg) > [The good ending dismisses us with a touch of ceremony and throws a backward light of significance over the story just read.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/the-good-ending-dismisses-us-with-a-touch-of-ceremony-and-throws-a/) [John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/john-updike-396_backward_the-good-ending-dismisses-us-with-a-touc_2750212.png) > [Rush Limbaugh is beginning to look more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-matthews/rush-limbaugh-is-beginning-to-look-more-and-more-like-mr-big-and-at-2/) [Chris Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/chris-matthews-1682_bigs_rush-limbaugh-is-beginning-to-look-more_2290691.png) > [The guys on 'Game of Thrones' trust me implicitly to take care of the action stuff. I don't mess with their drama,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-marshall/the-guys-on-game-of-thrones-trust-me-implicitly-to-take-care-of-the/) [Neil Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-marshall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/neil-marshall-18376_action_the-guys-on-game-of-thrones-trust-me-imp_2508858.jpg) > [This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/this-nation-is-notorious-for-its-ability-to-make-or-fake-anything/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/ai-weiwei-824_ability_this-nation-is-notorious-for-its-ability_2812418.png) > [I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees and rain and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-maclachlan/i-always-think-of-the-pacific-northwest-as-giant-trees-and-rain-and/) [Kyle MacLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-maclachlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/842/kyle-maclachlan-8546_always_i-always-think-of-the-pacific-northwest_2392805.png) > [There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clay-shirky/there-is-a-giant-gulf-between-doing-something-and-doing-nothing-and/) [Clay Shirky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clay-shirky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/clay-shirky-3364_between_there-is-a-giant-gulf-between-doing-some_469441.jpg) > [“In employing the long sentence the inexperienced writer should not strain after the heavy, ponderous type. Johnson and Carlyle used such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-devlin/in-employing-the-long-sentence-the-inexperienced-writer-should-not/) [Joseph Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-devlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/joseph-devlin-30655_carlyle_in-employing-the-long-sentence-the-inexp_948576.jpg) > [I discovered the fun of genre is... you get to explore your fears, and you get to use the metaphor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-reeves/i-discovered-the-fun-of-genre-is-you-get-to-explore-your-fears-and/) [Matt Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-reeves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/matt-reeves-19952_cinema_i-discovered-the-fun-of-genre-is-you-get_2449441.jpg) > [What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/what-i-would-love-to-see-is-art-that-explicitly-addresses-not/) [Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/russell-smith-9877_about_what-i-would-love-to-see-is-art-that-exp_282197.jpg) > [Dinosaurs are the jumper cables to the human mind. Kids can't curb their enthusiasm when they're in a hall of dinosaurs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-t-bakker/dinosaurs-are-the-jumper-cables-to-the-human-mind-kids-can-t-curb/) [Robert T. Bakker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-t-bakker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/robert-t-bakker-19466_children_dinosaurs-are-the-jumper-cables-to-the-h_2840687.jpg) > [My favorite splurges are cheese pizza with hot peppers, Haagen-Dazs maple-walnut ice cream, Giant brand ice cream sandwiches, and fire sticks -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-wagner/my-favorite-splurges-are-cheese-pizza-with-hot-peppers-haagen-dazs/) [Lindsay Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-wagner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/lindsay-wagner-19631_brand_my-favorite-splurges-are-cheese-pizza-wi_2825958.png) > [I try not to wear foundation unless I have a giant pimple, which sometimes I do. For the red carpet, I may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kravitz/i-try-not-to-wear-foundation-unless-i-have-a-giant-pimple-which/) [Zoe Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kravitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/zoe-kravitz-4291_add_i-try-not-to-wear-foundation-unless-i-ha_3137000.png) > [Obama is the new kid with the weird name who people just sense is a little classier than his surroundings. He moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/obama-is-the-new-kid-with-the-weird-name-who-people-just-sense-is-a/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/adam-mckay-2140_class_obama-is-the-new-kid-with-the-weird-name_2527189.jpg) ## Top authors on Giant - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giant/rick-riordan/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giant/mehmet-murat-ildan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giant/#itemlist", "name": "Giant Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'James and the Giant Peach' magnificently starts out Dahl's career as a blithe and droll Bad Uncle corrupter and affirmer of youth. 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