When we would say 'No way, ' he would say, 'My way.' Then the ones who doubted would scramble to salvage the blessing. And the one who gave it would savor the surprise.

Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.

There is no such thing as failure

Pretending to him that she felt something would be easy. Pretending to herself that she didn't? That was a whole other story.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.

Apparently Sodapop Curtis said "gnarly," and Chris Traeger said "literally." Every decade I have a favorite phrase I can't stop with.