This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

My dad's my best mate, and he always will be.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.