We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions

Lots of people working in cryptography have no deep concern with real application issues. They are trying to discover things clever enough to write papers about

I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology

I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

I have been working on two problems for three years: one of them for 8 or 9 years, and one of them for 3, 4, 5 years.

Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people.

The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.

I have always believed the thesis that one's politics and the character of one's intellectual work are inseparable.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much

One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance

We are no longer so lacking in fantasy as to uphold the existence of a god.

Every Christian can have victory in his calling

Our people must once again realize that it is only hard work and excellence that leads to wealth creation.

atheists are the most faithful people I ever met

Don't decide on a dog based on looks either, much like with people, looks and first impressions can be deceiving.

I would rather propose a bureau somewhat similar to that which we have in the Universal Postal Union.

To be perfectly honest with you, I was partying a lot in school. I didn't have any good study habits from high school because I just kind of got by on being a jock.

The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.

Our lives are rivers, gliding free to that unfathomed, boundless sea, the silent grave!

Read the genealogy of Jesus, and you have to see how the four women in that genealogy God used their sins for His glory.