Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

Beauty in mathematics is seeing the truth without effort.

Solving problems is a practical art, like swimming, or skiing, or playing the piano: you can learn it only by imitation and practice.

It may be more important in the mathematics class how you teach than what you teach.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.

Geometry is the science of correct reasoning on incorrect figures.

Mathematics is not a spectator sport!

Look around when you have got your first mushroom or made your first discovery: they grow in clusters.

And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant.

We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we take it what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end.

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.

I'd sleep in a little, work out, do laundry, run errands, buy presents for people with birthdays coming up. I like it when I don't have to be anywhere, and anything I do is my choice.

Here's the deal. I get to marry you. You get to become a Garrett - although, considering what you're marrying into, I'm not certain that's much of an incentive." Dallas to Amy

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

Every time I go out there I expect to win.

To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.