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.

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.

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

I'll tell you once, and I'll tell you again. There's always a prime between n and 2n.

An empowered life begins with serious personal questions about oneself. Those answers bare the seeds of success.

That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.

Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.

We were the ones on scene when everything went down. We weren't better. We weren't worse. We were just the ones standing in the blast radius.

Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with their subject.

We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.

Animals have always left me with a curiosity about human nature. I trust animals more than most people.

Patience is the First Lesson.