Uncertainty would be the only certainty there's, and realizing how to stay with insecurity could be the only protection

In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to suspend belief in order not to be beguiled.

Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security

When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.

Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.

The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor.

I used to be surprised and even depressed when I met someone I had admired and discovered him or her to be a jerk or, perhaps worse, rather common. Now I half expect this reaction and even find it a little reassuring, maybe even uplifting. Isn't it amazing that somebody like that could produce such and such.