It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.

The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result.

Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.