There are problems to whose solution I would attach an infinitely greater importance than to those of mathematics, for example touching ethics, or our relation to God, or concerning our destiny and our future; but their solution lies wholly beyond us and completely outside the province of science. -Carl Friedrich Gauss-

Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

“Do you have any idea where you’re going?” -God-

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. I am not speaking, of course, of the beauty which strikes the senses, of the beauty of qualities and appearances. What I mean is that more intimate beauty which comes from the harmonious order of its parts, and which a pure intelligence can grasp. -Henri Poincaré-

The biggest problem with communication is the perception that it occurred.

I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline. -Duke Ellington-

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -Mark Twain-

Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things.