Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

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.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Architecture is invention.

To me faith means not worrying.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that, but I've got a long way to go.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.