Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.

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.

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.

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

The only French word I know is oui, which means “yes, ” and only recently did I learn it’s spelled o-​u-​i and not w-​e-​e.

I am stigmatized by a living death in which real death holds no terrors for me.

I can't even say the word, it's too early in the day to get upset.

I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.

If anyone says 'Let's have a girls' night out', I will run in the opposite direction.

Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.

You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.

The gods favor the bold.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.