Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it concentrates on one point. And then that becomes his point of view.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Some people have got a mental horizon of radius zero and call it their point of view.

If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?

Begin with the simplest examples.

For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none whatever in natural science. In opposition to the foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: "We must know - we will know!"

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.

The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.

Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

What is the essence of Vitrag? Fearlessness!

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

I've always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios.

And may God be merciful, because these twisted men will not.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Trust me, I'm telling you stories.

I have an intuitive understanding of technology. And the way I incorporate technology in the work tends to humanize it a great deal.

I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

Never believe anyone who tells you that you don't deserve what you want.