"In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness."

"Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language."

"A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion."

"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror."

"In fact, it works the other way: A government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it."

"Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important."

"I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do."

"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource."