He speaks to the poor, the powerless, and he mocks the rich and powerful. He isn't the Messiah the Pharisees are looking for.

Peace, he'd said. And revolution. How could there be both?

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

I'll never fall in love again, " he once confessed to José Palacios, the only human being with whom he ever permitted himself that sort of confidence. "It's like having two souls at the same time.

I mean you ACRES of harm, ' Dalrymple growled. 'Untold QUANTITIES of harm. I will visit a whole CONTINENT of harm upon you before we are through.

I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.

Leadership camp? Isn't that where Hitler went?

As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.

Revenge proves itself to be its own executioner.

There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.

We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.

You always see black people complaining about this and that, but you never see me complaining about how slow they work on my plantation.