"Mathematics is one of the essential emanations of the human spirit, a thing to be valued in and for itself, like art or poetry."

"Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return."

"We lived in a large wooden house, with one room succeeding another . The house was at the end of a blind alley. On one side were a beautiful garden and an orchard. In the summer there was an atmospher…"

"He's, I guess you could say, with all due respect, the flavor of the week because Herb Cain is the one up there who doesn’t look like he's part of that permanent political class. Herb Cain — he came f…"

"not a war we started, it's a war we must finish, and it's tough when your enemies are psychopaths and your allies are the French"