“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”

“God is in the details.”

“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.”

“We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity.”

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”

“Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.”

“As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working ...”

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, andin spite of True Romance magazineswe shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do no...”

“I never really understood the word loneliness. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.”

“Private ownerships of a ...slave chip is illegal in many polities. It tends to be a government monopoly, much like other forms of violence. But I had fallen among pirates and life insurance underwr...”

“You dont need miracles in the west. You have insurance.”

“The automatic stabilizer is unemployment insurance, food stamps, additional coverage of Medicaid.”

“I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form.”

“I started off playing sports when I was five years old. I played three or four sports all throughout the year.”

“In the four years since its launch, Kepler has chalked up 122 new and confirmed planets. It's also caught the scent of nearly three thousand additional objects, of which probably 80 percent or more...”