The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity.

I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.

The fact that all Mathematics is Symbolic Logic is one of the greatest discoveries of our age; and when this fact has been established, the remainder of the principles of mathematics consists of the analysis of Symbolic Logic itself.

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

Organized people are just too lazy to look for things

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. We all feel instinctively, that our children's success reflect glory upon ourselves, while their failures make us feel shame. Unfortunately, the successes which cause us to swell with pride are often of an undesirable kind.... Neither happiness nor virtue, but worldly success, is what the average father desires for his children.