We have a Bill of Rights, which protects each of us from a bullying society, but no Bill of Responsibilities, which would oblige us to answer to the needs of others.

Every thread you discover in the local web of life leads beyond your place to life elsewhere.

The unexpected may annoy us, but may also wake us up.

The only durable community is the one that embraces the whole planet, wild and tame . . .

In the high tide or low tide, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend!

The kind of stillness of being nothing, and doing things from that emptiness, make one strong.

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

We can't constantly explain to our voters that taxpayers have to be on the hook for certain risks, rather than those who make a lot of money taking those risks.

The plural of spouse is spice.

The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't.

A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.