"From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

"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"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?"

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"

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

"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands"

"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for"

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

"I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries"