More free time means more time to waste. The worker who used to have only a little time in which to get drunk and beat his wife now has time to get drunk, beat his wife - and watch TV.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

Most people spend their time on the 'urgent' rather than on the 'important.'

Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.