I have no need for that hypothesis.

All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

To Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God: Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis.

Truth and justice are the immutable laws of social order.

What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.

His last words, according to De Morgan: Man follows only phantoms.

The most important questions of life are indeed, for the most part, really only problems of probability.

Nature laughs at the difficulties of integration.

What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous.

The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.

When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu

I try to be original in every piece of music I do, and of course I probably fail every time.

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient discretion to meet the circumstances in each case.

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.

Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

American citizens were targeted and nothing is going to be done about it.