Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.

Every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving, I buy a bunch of toys for the sick children in the oncology center at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. I really love giving back and putting a smile on their faces, especially during the holidays.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Clarity affords focus.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

I'm thankful for every moment.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

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

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off.

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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