The simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made.

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security

The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor.

When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.

Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.

Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.

Certainty a strange Ferris wheel of a statement!

Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet."

I think, therefore I laugh.

Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.

Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection

Nature is as uniform as variant.

To show too much joy in a place such as this would be unseemly but, as he padded toward her, his tail was extended in a manner which would make wagging possible should all go as expected.

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends but of one's enemies.

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

I was at Live Aid the original, looking like Rolf Harris for some reason. I had a really long beard that day for some reason.

In some cities such as Washington, DC, that 75 percent of young black men can expect to serve time in prison.

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

Trying to figure things out was my gig. Without the human condition, there's no struggle, no pain and that means no laughter.

When you have a heartfelt belly laugh, all parts of your being - the physiological, the pyschological, the spiritual - they all vibrate in one single tune. They all vibrate in harmony!

To politicize a man's tragic death is about as low as you can go, isn't it?