In mathematics, our freedom lies in the questions we ask — and in how we pursue them — but not in the answers awaiting us.

I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you.

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there.

...nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person.

Without the knowledge of God, we perish.

My career is my girlfriend.

What is certainly true is that the United States has to have a presence to promote the values that we care about.

The substitutes are all on the bench, and that's where they'll start the match.

Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.

My constituents don't want more refugees. I'm not ashamed to represent these voters. I'm proud of it.

Whatever... you pretend... if any of you be a prayerless person, or a scoffer, or a lover of evil company, in a word, if you are not a holy, strict, and self-denying Christian, you cannot be saved.

I play a lot of basketball.

When everyone is looking for gold, it's a good time to be in the pick and shovel business.