From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

When my marriage broke up... I had just put on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

In reality, relationships that are successful tend to take the attitude, 'How can I help you?' 'How can I enrich your life?' 'How can I be a better husband to you,' if it's a marriage.

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

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.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

Work alone is noble.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.