I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

When my marriage broke up... I had just put on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.