The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

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

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

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

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde.

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.