MacPherson told me that my theorem can be viewed as blah blah blah Grothendieck blah blah blah, which makes it much more respectable.

I think some intuition leaks out in every step of an induction proof.

We did not receive this destiny by ourselves, God has chosen it for us

Forgiveness of sins is great, but I'd rather have the ability to quit doing the things I keep needing forgiveness for.

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.

I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.

I'm a hopeless romantic, and very much the person in a relationship to go: If things are going well, I'll buy the flowers, remember the dates of things, plan fun nights out.

My weapon isn't my shot. It's me.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.

I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

Much success to you, even if you wish me the opposite.