Mathematicians on proof, pattern, and the unreasonable effectiveness of reason.
"He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud."
"Quotes from "The Untamed Tongue"
"Is there anyone else that you look like, Steve, or would you say you're a bit of a one-off?"
"Rudy Giuliani — there's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb, and 9/11."
"I tell no secret when I repeat that fame and reputation are much a matter of luck and chance."
"If Miller had ever been called upon to describe her, the phrase deceptive coloration would have figured in."
"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."
"3779. One may say too much, even upon the best Subject."
"To which Silence of course made no reply, letting him hear what he had said and feel its foolishness thoroughly."
"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings."
"Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil."
"Ruling Yemen is hard. I always say it’s like dancing on the heads of snakes"
"e are none of us very good at silence. It says too much."
"Wall Street says I am an agent of Moscow, and Moscow says I am an agent of Wall Street."
"Interview after the "Pound Cake speech"