Mathematics - this may surprise or shock some - is never deductive in creation.

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

The author discusses valueless measures in pointless spaces.

The best way to learn is to do; the worst way to teach is to talk.

The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. That tenet is the foundation of the do-it-yourself, Socratic, or Texas method.

A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.

A good stack of examples, as large as possible, is indispensable for a thorough understanding of any concept,and when I want to learn something new, I make it my first job to build one.

The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.

Applied mathematics will always need pure mathematics just as anteaters will always need ants.

Mathematics is not a deductive science - that's a cliché... What you do is trial and error, experimentation, guesswork.

What I must know, only the Master teaches!

Cheaper'n recyclin' yer nose tissues. --Mema

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

It's not my fault I can't be like you, okay? I don't get up in the morning thinking the world is one big, shiny, happy place, okay? That's just not how I work. I don't think I can be fixed.

A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.

The story of the Amazon is a story that has been told by Europeans, you know, by Germans, by Canadians, by Americans.

I'm an alcoholic, recovering. And I used to smoke cigarettes, and I was a philanderer and I, wouldn't call myself good.

When the inspiration comes, let everything else go!

I would love a sandwich,' said Tybalt, with enough gravity to make it sound like a formal proclamation. Resolved: that we will have ham and cheese sandwiches.

Exercising with a trainer makes my quality of life go through the roof.