There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.
Charles Proteus SteinmetzIn all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.
Carl SaganThe cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.
Carl SaganSmooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.
Benoit MandelbrotThere is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable.
Benoit MandelbrotUntil a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today.
Benoit MandelbrotNo one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.
Bruce SchneierIn automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
Benjamin SpockReligion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other.
Hermann BondiI was on the mathematics faculty at M.I.T. from 1951 through until I resigned in the spring of 1959.
John Forbes Nash, Jr.