Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.

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.

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

You can't have a good Thanksgiving meal without a little bit of ketchup on the side.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I call architecture frozen music.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

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

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

I love the institution of marriage, and I love my marriage.

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

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

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

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.

It's an ongoing joy being a dad.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.