Newton was the greatest genius that ever existed, and the most fortunate, for we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.

If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics.

It took the mob only a moment to remove his head; a century will not suffice to reproduce it.

I do not know. [summarising his life's work]

The ordinary operations of algebra suffice to resolve problems in the theory of curves.

It has cost them but a moment to cut off that head; but a hundred years will not be sufficient to produce another like it.

Life’s experiences will just keep repeating themselves unless you continually add some new experiences to enliven your days.

Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been the basis for the most impassioned love.

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything.

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

It seems to me that there's a terrible misunderstanding between us. It seems to me that I love you a great deal, my friends.

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing.

I'm very particular who I work with. I'm not interested in portraying women with a cliched, generic look. I'm interested in a model who I can take a portrait of.