"After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that he has feelings."

“When you focus on how people feel about what they are saying, you increase the level of true concern you have for others. You actually start to become the person you thought you were pretending to be: a true leader!”

“We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.”

“Divorce also entails the beginning of a supposition that that familial reality might have obstructed one's ability to perceive others.”

“I don't go on the Internet. I never go on the Internet. I don't go on Twitter. I'm not on Facebook. I've seen friends go into dark, dark holes of sadness because of that. Frankly, I don't have the time or the attention span for it.”

“We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality.”

“I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.”

“Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out”

“Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.”