I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.

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

[T]he merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured.

We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

President Obama, by the way, has set a Guinness World Record as the fastest person to get a million Twitter followers. Obama now has as many followers as the Republicans have presidential candidates.

Don't be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.

If he's alive, everything is in his power! Whose fault is it that he doesn't understand that?

Desks are terrible places, no matter how many wheels a chair might have. You can't do much about how drawers fill up.

I don't mind paying higher taxes, because I've done quite well and I'm blessed to live in this country.

Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting."

Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused. - Hephaestus