When somebody says to me-which they do like every 5 years- "How does it feel to be over the hill?" my response is, "I'm just heading up the mountain."

Any effect, constant, theorem or equation named after Professor X was first discovered by Professor Y , for some value of Y not equal to X.

Why speculate when you can calculate?

... commutative algebra is a lot like topology, only backwards.

It's better to work with a nice category containing some nasty objects, than a nasty category containing only nice objects.

Every prayer is a wish fulfilled in due time.

Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that, in and by good conscience, the mob will always, stubbornly back them without question.

Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.

I'm not an answering machine, I'm a questioning machine. If we have all the answers, how come we're in such as mess?

I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions that I'm writing.

Have the confidence to fail. Persistence is key.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

The need for bold and aggressive federal action to create jobs and restore confidence in our battered economy is clear.

I'm better when I'm an autodidact and things just come. Or you're just blessed. I'm not bragging or anything, it just comes to you.

I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.