I tried reading Hilbert. Only his papers published in mathematical periodicals were available at the time. Anybody who has tried those knows they are very hard reading.

Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field.

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?

The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.

You can only access the beautiful world through faith by truthfully embracing beauty and caring.

Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst.

Nickel for my thoughts, dimes in my bed. Quarters of the kush shape the lines in my head.

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof the pig is obscene.

I am not a woman staying at home.

Girls have to be strong to protect the men they love.

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.