Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

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

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

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

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Food should be fun.

There is nothing permanent except change.

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.