If [a woman] insisted on becoming an architect, I would try to dissuade her. If then, she was still determined, I would give her my blessing – she could be that exceptional one.

We never could design a building as beautiful as the trees.

To be truly free, it takes more determination, courage, introspection, and restraint than to be in shackles.

There are no perfect answers. The earnest search is all we can expect.

Aren't we forever?

There’s no denying that it takes effort to set the intention to see our fundamental connected-ness with others.

We live in a world where everything is connected. We can not longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it's all about WE.

I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation.

Don't tell people they can do the impossible. Tell people that they can do the possible that they think is impossible.

Instead of allowing ourselves to be led and trapped by our feelings, we should let them disappear as soon as they form, like letters drawn on water with a finger.

During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.

I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy actually for the audience that's there.

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.

Throw high risers at the chin; throw peas at the knees; throw it here when they're lookin' there; throw it there when they're lookin' here.