During the past fifty years, more mathematics has been created than in all previous ages put together.

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.

If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't.

Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.

Chaos is lawless behavior governed entirely by law.

First is first, and second is nowhere.

Only three constants are significant for star formation: the gravitational constant, the fine structure constant, and a constant that governs nuclear reaction rates.

I want you to remember this—you and I are in this life together. All the way. We don’t run just because we get sacked a few times.

Base your self-esteem on truth.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons--make daiquiris.

To conquer the unknown you must trust.

I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball

Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

As you know, the best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.

What is Paris? ... Where nobody throws stones, for all live in glass houses.