If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.
People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.
I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it. I don't have the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" spirit. But the greatest flattery in the last couple of years is being called a "badass" by young singers.
Believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage.
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.
Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
If you're feeling helpless, help someone.
Truth and clarity are complementary.
My boyfriend and I are badasses.
Where are the women? The women are here.
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
I ain't got time to bleed.
I played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn't even close.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
A design isn't finished until someone is using it.
I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
Over my career I played some badass characters. So, people sometimes think I should have a .44 magnum. But that's not true, I don't have that. But I do fire them and I do enjoy target shooting and all that sort of thing. I'm not much of a hunter. I don't like killing animals, but I love to shoot.
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.
My mom could be really fierce. A regular Frau Badass.
Look, I get it. Whether it's school, work, family, we've all got a lot on our minds. People say to me, "I'm just too busy to think about politics." But here's the thing: You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.
