The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite.

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of "proving theorems." Is a writer's job mainly that of "writing sentences?"

If we have no idea why a statement is true, we can still prove it by induction.

Nature imitates mathematics.

There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology.

[In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes that destroy a theory, but there are also contingent ones, which are useful in testing the stability of a theory.

Are mathematical ideas invented or discovered? This question has been repeatedly posed by philosophers through the ages and will probably be with us forever.

Running overtime is the one unforgivable error a lecturer can make. After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere.

It is a common public relations gimmick to give the entire credit for the solution of famous problems to the one mathematician who is responsible for the last step.

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

Your tenderness has pervaded into the very pore of my being. Last night I inhaled the fragrance of the moon!

If you aren't living on the edge you're taking up too much room. Anon.

I'll only tell you what matters. And the truth is, everything matters. Nothing is an accident, really.

Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!

Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.

I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.

The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can win

He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.

God aims to exalt Himself by working for those who wait for Him.

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.