The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe.

Statistics is the grammar of science.

That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.

All great scientists have, in a certain sense, been great artists; the man with no imagination may collect facts, but he cannot make great discoveries.

There is no short cut to truth, no way to gain a knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of scientific method.

The unity of all science consists alone in its method, not in its material.

Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.

It is the old experience that a rude instrument in the hand of a master craftsman will achieve more than the finest tool wielded by the uninspired journeyman.

The record of a month's roulette playing at Monte Carlo can afford us material for discussing the foundations of knowledge.

Empirical proof doesn't drive progress. Progress is driven by curiosity, something we all have built into us. Empirical proof is a safety net for those uncomfortable with the unknown.

Happiness is when what you think what you say and what you do are in harmony.

Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.

AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence.

The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life

I think there is much more storytelling in stand-up now. Less emphasis on the joke. Jokes are still important, but it feels like a more intimate and personal experience these days.

And it is a very beautiful idea, and possibly true, that a common man from Stratford with a common education was able to write these plays.

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.