"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

"People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make."

"Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes."

"And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have before."

"It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel."

"The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord."

"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones."