The mathematicians know a great deal about very little and the physicists very little about a great deal.

Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.

Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.

I am turned off when I see only formulas and symbols, and little text.

It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change the course of human affairs.

Thoughts are steered in different ways.

The infinite we shall do right away. The finite may take a little longer.

It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try" more than if you are a pessimist.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

Do not lose your faith. A mighty fortress is our mathematics. Mathematics will rise to the challenge, as it always has.

Mathematics may be a way of developing physically, that is anatomically, new connections in the brain.

The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresitable to humans. Your best friend could be one-so could your crush.

Record sales don't matter when the people who bought the records are dead and gone.

You may be surprised what we use our dreams to do, how we drape them over our sight and carry them like amulets to protect us from evil spells.

... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other...

Once you get older, people stop listening to what you say. It's very agreeable once you get used to it.

We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.

There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance.

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.