Life is only good for two things, doing mathematics and teaching it.

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

No dream is ever chased alone.

I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House

Why do we work so hard to feel so terrible?

This fight coming is not a battle of weapons, but a battle of wills.

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

we lived in the gaps between the stories

What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?

We are willing to follow leaders only to the extent we believe they call on our best, not our worst.

Many times through the ages, like as not the chance appears, but because of indecision, man's fond hopes are drowned in tears.