Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

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

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

United we stand, divided we fall.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

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

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

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.