A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.