In highschool I was very excited that alog(b)=blog(a), and still find it useful today.

Mathematicians tend to prefer a worst-case analysis, a kind of paranoia that is especially understandable if you live in Israel!

Computers are here to stay. It is a major challenge for the future to use computers efficiently in combinatorics without losing its special appeal.

There is an explicit way to define what explicit is.

For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it.

The soul is a verb." He impales a lit candle on a spike. "Not a noun.

[John Cassavetes] came backstage afterwards and introduced himself and we talked a bit, and then went for a little coffee at the Russian Tea Room next door. It just...started.

The gene as the basis of life.

It must not simply be taken for granted that a given set of ill-assorted people, for no other reason than because it is Christmas, will be joyful to be reunited and to break bread together.

I'm up before 5 a.m., I have breakfast, then swimming, Pilates, weight training, and physical therapy. I'm constantly going from one thing to the next. Everyone is busy, but that's my busy.

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

When I was at college, my nickname was Keds, because I wore Keds. I guess it wasn't really a nickname, because nicknames are usually given to you by people who are your friends and who know you.

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)