"My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop"

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"

"Business is the salt of life"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"