Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody hates the Jews.

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

In one word he told me the secret of success in mathematics: plagiarize; only be sure always to call it . . . research.

I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.

Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price.

Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?