When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings.""Hitler loved dogs and babies, " Dave said.

I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's what I do every week.

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

What is outside yourself does not convey much worth; Clothes do not make the man, the saddle not the horse.

I've chosen to GROW, to EXPAND, to INCREASE and to become RICHER - because i want to BLESS the world more.

Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of your success.

Religions are such stuff as dreams are made of.

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so.

When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death of the republic is at hand.