Winning the [Nobel] prize wasn't half as exciting as doing the work itself.

Mathematics began to seem too much like puzzle solving. Physics is puzzle solving, too, but of puzzles created by nature, not by the mind of man.

[My father] said Don't grow up to be a woman and what he meant by that was a housewife ... without any interests.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

On cable TV they have a weather channel - twenty-four hours of weather. We had something like that where I grew up. We called it a window.

If you are not going to get a thrill, how can you give someone else one? You must feel the beauty of the thing before you start.

To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating.

You don't need a special task. Every task is special.

Money is the seed of money.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

I hate weddings,' she says. 'They make me feel so unmarried. Actually, even brushing my teeth makes me feel unmarried.