The shortest path between two truths in the real domain passes through the complex domain.

Can the existence of a mathematical entity be proved without defining it ?

Logic merely sanctions the conquests of the intuition.

To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until the seventh grade I was last or nearly last.

The object of mathematical rigor is to sanction and legitimize the conquests of intuition, and there was never any other object for it.

Practical application is found by not looking for it, and one can say that the whole progress of civilization rests on that principle.

A good man can become a nightmare if he continues to pay attention to wrong counsel.

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.

Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.

Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.

What a comfort it is to feel that amid the chaos and anarchy which sweep the surface, God is holding fast the foundations on which we build.

I'm not much of a drinker. I'm an eater more than a drinker. So I feel that I don't have to wait to get a hangover in order to eat these.

I don't usually get to play somebody who is, at least, nominally in charge. I'm usually playing somebody's lawyer or a doctor.

My resolve, my anger, even my grief gave me confidence

Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly.