In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our mistakes are good mistakes; they require a genius to correct. Of course, we do not see our own mistakes.

A state-of-the-art calculation requires 100 hours of CPU time on the state-of-the-art computer, independent of the decade.

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just eternity, but community. . . . That connection is a sense of life for me.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.