"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."

"The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them."

"Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply."

"We played a lot of sandlot ball, so we were used to tackling each other, or falling on the concrete, things of that nature. And nine times out of 10, our flag games turned into tackle anyway. So when I got to high school, tackle football was kind of natural."

"It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."