Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.

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.

He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

The birth of a child is divine miracle.

For the absurd man, it is not a matter of explaining and solving, but of experiencing and describing. Everything begins with lucid indifference.

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.

In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president as if he was a king.

I think nobody can explain why some people win and why some people lose. It really doesn't always have to do much with talent. It has to do with how you deal with pressure.

I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would have no interest in reading it.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

The behavior of the oppressed is a prescribed behavior, following as it does the guidelines of the oppressor.

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control over."