The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

Property is a nuisance.

Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten

I'll tell you once, and I'll tell you again. There's always a prime between n and 2n.

They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.But now I knew that every mad word was true.

Ambition is a drug that turns it's addicts into potential madmen.

I've always been interested in the industrialization of our food it's been an issue for me from an environmental and animal rights and human health perspective.

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.

We've been on a long break and I've just been kicking back, doing nothing. Like our government.

When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I've never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.

Do the obvious, you won't forget it. Do the obvious, you won't regret it. Obvious, obvious, obvious.

There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.

No-one will ever sound as good as Judy Garland as far as I am concerned.