Big Stick

Big stick may refer to:

  • Big Stick ideology, Theodore Roosevelt's diplomatic policy
    • Big Stick, West Virginia, a community named for the above
    • The nickname of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61)
    • The nickname of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
  • Big Stick (band), an alternative music act who scored a minor hit in 1986 with "Drag Racing"
  • Big Stick Music, a record label
  • The Chinese monk-poet Fenggan; literally translated as "big stick"

Famous quotes containing the words big and/or stick:

    “What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind and air to you.”
    —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)

    “If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)