"Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"Big words seldom accompany good deeds"

"Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news"

"A big iron needle stitching the country together"

"If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll"

"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone"