A mathematics teacher is a midwife to ideas.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.

At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time.

The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.

Conventional cancer therapy is so toxic and dehumanizing that I fear it far more than I fear death from cancer.

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority.

Genuine [economic] value lies in the power to sustain or enrich life

As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

Writers get to know me very well. It always serves me in the end because I feel I have a deeper understanding of the character and sometimes they really like my ideas and they use them.

The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before.

I became the singer by default. I didn't know if I could do it. We tried other people, but couldn't find anyone we liked.