"Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing"

"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"

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

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

"Ambition is not a vice of little people"

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us"

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money"