A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Every year, I hear about Thanksgiving. Who do one give thanks to? ... And who is giving thanks? What are they giving thanks for? For lots of poverty that's on the earth and lots of war that is a-rumoring all over the earth? For lots of people who die daily and the crime that multiply?

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.'

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven.

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.