My special situation was that I was the son and grandson of architects. And so I saw building. We were building the city, and that was exciting.

People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.

There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it. We find it again. We lose it again.

[Ayres] was our city because we were building it. That's how I felt when I walked around town.

I just don't think people get off on language anymore. Language used to be an elevated art. It used to be for people what music can be. But people don't learn to do that anymore, so eloquence is merely a matter of waste. Who needs a good vocabulary and proper English? Eloquence - it's dead and who needs it?

Wake up, you idiots! Whatever made you think that money was so valuable?

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.