I think that mathematics can benefit by acknowledging that the creation of good models is just as important as proving deep theorems.

Images of the world are Renormalization Group fixed points.

The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete.

I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of pride that they are mathematically illiterate.

Logic has virtually nothing to do with the way we think.

The world is a very complicated place, as babies know.

The extreme possibilities are the most illuminating.

Reflection of the Past, Acceptance of What Was, and the Discovery of the Humor in All ThingsHeals Even the Deepest of Wounds

A high nutrient diet, if widely adopted, could bring millions of people in touch with true hunger, and stop the proliferation of obesity and preventable chronic disease.

My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

Stealing is OK as long as it's done well.

Find the simple story in the product, and present it in an articulate and intelligent, persuasive way.

We were basically one and the same, although Jim Kirk was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect.