Algebra is rich in structure but weak in meaning.

Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global.

I believe that proving is not a natural activity for mathematicians.

If one must choose between rigour and meaning, I shall unhesitatingly choose the latter.

Quantum mechanics, with its leap into statistics, has been a mere palliative for our ignorance

The importance of the "New Mathematics" lies mainly in the fact that it has taught us the difference between the disc and the circle.

At a time when so many scholars in the world are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream ?

The world of ideas is not revealed to us in one stroke; we must both permanently and unceasingly recreate it in our consciousness.

There is indeed one person who can help solve “writer’s block”. His name is Mr Johnnie Walker.

In reality, all those guys are gone, so you can't say it's revenge. It's a completely new team.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

Power is the great enemy of freedom

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.

I have a special relationship with animals. I contribute to harmony and balance among all the living creatures of the earth.

You're like, both like, Alexander the Great.' We can't both be Alexander.' Well sometimes I think you're two side of the same coin, and I'm the metal in between.

I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.