Every year, I hear about Thanksgiving. Who do one give thanks to? ... And who is giving thanks? What are they giving thanks for? For lots of poverty that's on the earth and lots of war that is a-rumoring all over the earth? For lots of people who die daily and the crime that multiply?

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

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

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

I am but an architectural composer.

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.