"When elephants fight, the whole forest trembles."

"When elephants fight, the whole forest trembles."
Pascal Couchepin
Swiss president, characterizing the disagreements over Iraq between President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac.
"Everybody is concentrating on creating a mood of solidarity."
Jean Chretien
Canadian prime minister, on the G-8 summit meeting in France.
"We've got two major institutions -- one is the greatest hall in the world, the other is the greatest orchestra in the world."
Zarin Mehta
New York Philharmonic Executive Director, on the orchestra's planned return to Carnegie Hall after more than 40 years in New York's Lincoln Center.