Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.

You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

Property is a nuisance.

Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten

Success is a mind-set. If you think you can’t achieve something, then you won’t but if you believe you can achieve something, then nothing will stand in your way.

I realized that no matter how safe a person or place felt, in our world, safety was merely an illusion.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor. So people may choose to explore their other talents.

Perhaps many of us do not like it where we are in the universe now, but we can all be certain that we got where we are -our own decisions to expand in love or withdraw from it.

As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.

Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.

If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening.