Numerical precision is the very soul of science.

The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty.

The perfection of mathematical beauty is such...that whatsoever is most beautiful and regular is also found to be most useful and excellent.

It is success that colours all in life, Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or a big rat.

Everything is what it is because it got that way.

…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.

When I read a novel my imagination starts off at a gallop and leaves the narrator hidden in a cloud of dust I have to come jogging twenty miles back to the denouement.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

If I were doing something that the Bible condemns, I have two choices. I can straighten up my act, or I can somehow distort and twist and change the meaning of the Bible.

Dream big, because dreams do happen.

I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again.

Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.

Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

Shallow men believe in luck.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.