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We have to be able to do something. We have to be able to do something to get them to understand that we are not second-class citizens.

We always worked as a team. It's never been a one-person job.

What is provable is not necessarily true.

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

If anyone has been able to solve all the problems I have proposed, let him come to me, and I will give him a prize.

When I considered what people generally want in calculating, I found that it always is a number.

To find three numbers such that the sum of any two of them is a square.

Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth.

There is no royal road to geometry.

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.

The universe is the ultimate free lunch.

The more we understand the universe, the more meaningless it becomes.

The electroweak theory is a beautiful theory, and it works. It's a triumph of human ingenuity.

The creation of this universe, its laws, and the initial conditions that allowed for the emergence of life, are all a testament to a Grand Designer.

The only way to learn is to do. The only way to do is to be.

The most important thing is to have a good problem to work on.

Your paper is very interesting and I should like to publish it.

I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the root of all evil in the world.