Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry.

Finely blinked, "Griffin?""That's my girl." He murmured in a low tone, so no one but her could hear. Then, as the crowd drew too close, he swept her away,

It is so unkind--' 'Perhaps. But sometimes a compulsion comes over one to speak the truth!

I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

Any truth, no matter how valid, if emphasized to the exclusion of other truths of equal importance, is practical error.

I love talking about food, and bringing people together to enjoy it.

An 'almost gospel' doesn't raise a corpse.

If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.