"I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint."

“The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost.”

“Failures and setbacks are a part of this experience, and it will remain in you as wisdom.”

“Knowledge no longer exists if one has ignored the attributes of the Almighty Great Creator.”

“It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa.”

“Socially, Philadelphia was still a fairly provincial city, its business community governed by the mores of the Main Line. Politically, it was a cauldron of ethnic rivalries, dominated by competing Irish and Italian constituencies.”

Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.67, Penguin

“When you do an interview with me, you're talking to a cheap imitation of the person that I really am. There's no magic in my words, it's just me talking.”

“Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.”

“I always knew that Neil Kinnock belonged in the economic nursery. Now, God help us we've got twins.”