People
- Big Joe (reggae), Jamaican deejay born Joseph Spalding, 1955
- Big Joe Krash, pseudonym of American rapper KRS-One
- Big Joe Mufferaw, French Canadian folk hero
- Big Joe Nasty, ring name of Joe D'Acquisto, American professional wrestler
- Big Joe Turner, American blues shouter
- Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues musician and songwriter
- Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
- Joe Roberts, American comic actor
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“Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants keep on digging. Most people don’t. They establish contact with the soil, absorb so much vernal vigor that they can’t stay in one place, and desert the fork or spade to see how the rhubarb is coming and whether the asparagus is yet in sight.”
—Hal Borland (1900–1978)
“Many people operate under the assumption that since parenting is a natural adult function, we should instinctively know how to do it—and do it well. The truth is, effective parenting requires study and practice like any other skilled profession. Who would even consider turning an untrained surgeon loose in an operating room? Yet we “operate” on our children every day.”
—Louise Hart (20th century)