SIMPLICIO: ... You have to [learn to] walk before you can run.SALVIATI: No, you have to have something you want to run toward.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

It is the story that matters not just the ending.

I don't see how it's doing society any good to have it's members walking around with vague memories of algebraic formulas and geometric diagrams, and clear memories of hating them.

Mathematics is the art of explanation.

Nothing ever tasted any better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with nothing to look forward to but more of the same.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

The monument I want after I am dead is a monument with two legs going around the world-a saved sinner telling about the salvation of Jesus Christ.

And so it was I entered the broken world To trace the visionary company of love, its voice An instant in the wind (I know not whither hurled) But not for long to hold each desperate choice.

All the religions of the world describe God pre-eminently as the Friend of the friendless, Help of the helpless, and Protector of the weak.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

He who writes badly thinks badly