Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

He that is jealous is not in love.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

I have a Father's Day every day.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Food should be fun.

Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.