I always had an interest in space and the effect it had on you.

My mother wanted to be president of the United States. She wanted to be the first woman president. She was born in 1924. Instead she had eight children.

I really believed all this stuff - that I had to change the world.

This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.

The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.

My younger brother is an architect, my son and his wife are both architects, they work for me, and so I guess I've started a dynasty.

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

Architects need to restore and protect.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

But they had learned an important lesson about how defeating poverty is more difficult than it seems at first.

As my friend, you should either bring me along, or keep me company.""Friend?" he asked.She blushed. "Well, 'scowling escort' is a better description. Or 'reluctant acquaintance', if you prefer.

Fire walking is an act of faith. I don't know why it works. I don't know why people don't die doing it. I found it very exhilarating.

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that there are many such examples.

I have never really believed that acting is very difficult. I think some people have a skill and are able to act, and if you have that natural gift, it's not difficult.

Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right.

I'm so lucky to have worked with Burt Lancaster, who I remember was one of the first people I'd heard swearing in a really interesting way.

Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?