“An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.”

“The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.”

“If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.”

“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”

“To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.”

“To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.”

“Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.”

“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.”

“All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.”

“Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.”