'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'

[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'

Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.

Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics.

Babbage ... gave the name to the [Cambridge] Analytical Society, which he stated was formed to advocate 'the principles of pure d-ism as opposed to the dot-age of the university.'

For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he kept the prefix summus.

Bitterness gives ill-health and waste life.Gratefulness leads to good health and happy life.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.

I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em.

Yesterday was not only daylight saving time, but also International Women's Day. What better way to address the issue of inequality for women than giving them a day that's missing an hour.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.

I hope very much this event, the death of Milosevic will help Serbia to look definitely to the future.

It's among the intelligentsia that we often find the glib compulsion to explain everything and to understand nothing.

If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.