There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

Life is all about balance, and there are certain times of the year - birthday, anniversary, holidays - that are meant to be enjoyed without guilt. That being said, Thanksgiving is a meal - it's not a Thanksgiving day, and it's not a Thanksgiving week.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

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

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian?

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.