Property is a nuisance.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.

It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.

You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten

I'll tell you once, and I'll tell you again. There's always a prime between n and 2n.

Nothing can cure the mind but the love, nothing can possess the love but the mind.

Science fiction deals with improbable possibilities, fantasy with plausible impossibilities.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

Memories and loneliness look backward, fear looks around, but faith always looks forward.

I like writing my own material - Im pretty good at it.

In rowing as in life, there are competitors and there are racers. The competitor works hard and rows to his limit. The racer does not think of limits, only the race.

Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.