The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot.

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

Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.

I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table... During the Depression in the United States, everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn't have any food for us for Thanksgiving.

The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Food should be fun.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

Honor lies in honest toil.