It is really a puzzle what drives one to take one's work so devilishly seriously.

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

Most people see what is, and never see what can be.

Play is the highest from of research.

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.