Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.'

A man of courage is also full of faith.

There is one person who sends me three cards every year. One on New Year's, one for my birthday and the third that marks the anniversary of my flight into space.

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.