Almost everything about the universe is astounding.

Boiled down to one sentence, my message is the unboundedness of life and the unboundedness of human destiny.

The fact that the climate is getting warmer doesn't scare me at all. There's no reason why one should be scared.

I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really, is the math, and other people have the ideas.

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.

Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths

That was the wonderful thing about Ramanujan. He discovered so much, and yet he left so much more in his garden for other people to discover.