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

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.

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

Algebra is rich in structure but weak in meaning.

Thanks God that he created me dumb and crazy enough to believe that I can create and invent in other than what i studied in and what they want me to be.

I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.

I didn’t like how my body seemed to be intent on sabotaging my brain, especially since my brain was so good at sabotaging itself.

...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.

For a long time a lot of people thought I'm British, because I'd done so many roles with English accents. People probably still think it. Or they don't think anything.

You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.

It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.

Life is too short for a half-rack.

There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry.

It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.