The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.

In the simplest array of digits [Ramanujan] detected wonderful properties: congruences, symmetries and relationships which had escaped the notice of even the outstandingly gifted theoreticians.

The self-regulating mechanism of the market place cannot always be depended upon to produce adequate results in scientific research.

Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.

You let go of my hand to hold on to my heartDistance grasps us tightnow that we are apart

When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.

I always try to say, 'If you want to help the environment, try to do just two things. One, use less of your car. Second, separate your garbage.'

If we all work together, we can totally disrupt the system.

Be at your mother’s feet and there is the Paradise.

I loved the idea [of improvisation], but I'd never taken any classes or practiced it.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.

Things just happen. What the hell.