All I remember about the examination is that there was a question on Sturm's theorem about equations, which I could not do then and cannot do now.

When I was at Manchester, where there was a modern swimming pool, I was looked on as a great man, not for so trivial a reason as being an FRS, but because I used to dive off a five-metre board.

I am the world's worst good bridge player.

Whatever a man values, it is there you will find his resources. That which has no value to him, neither he nor his resources nor him will be present. Where can we find you?

Baptism in the Holy Spirit belongs to them that believe and are not of this world

Physicians of the Utmost Fame were called at once but when they came they answered as they took their fees 'There is no cure for this disease.'

Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.

All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

And to us, we're more married than any piece of paper or big party could make us.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.