Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.

Point set topology is a disease from which the human race will soon recover.

It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover. To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better.

There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living

It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover.

Geometry is the art of correct reasoning from incorrectly drawn figures.

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare hold on to such a tenuous thing as hope?

Whatever yerz’re lookin’ for, I hope yerz find it. Yerz moight’ve never lost it!

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none ... ZERO.

Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them.

It is opposition that makes us productive.

Some things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.

Fans want heroes. They're bored. They want a hero and want to follow that guy.

Ocean, Ocean I'll beat you in the end.