There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else - but persistent.

There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else — but persistent.

You must be a blessing to other people while you are still on this earth

You can truly live if you can see yourself centuries after you have died. Just imagine it. What will people remember about you, how will your grave look like? How will your children live, etc.

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.

We are the flowers that make up the Creator's vast and beautiful garden.

I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters.

I can't help but always be thinking about ideas.

The kingdoms of Africa and Mesopotamia, machine gunning your body with depleted uranium, this is the age of microchips and titanium, the dark side of the moon, and contact with aliens.

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing.

I've always found the rain very calming.