There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else -- but persistent.

Quote by Raoul Bott

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I once made love to a female clown, and she twisted my penis into a...

I once made love to a female clown, and she twisted my penis into a...

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What's...

The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What's...

Borrow your wife's pink slippers just to go check the mail and everybody in the...

Borrow your wife's pink slippers just to go check the mail and everybody in the...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is...

I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.

I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

Why is it so hard to find an exercise bike with a nice little basket...

Why is it so hard to find an exercise bike with a nice little basket...

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

It goes Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day. Is that fair to anyone who's alone?...

It goes Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day. Is that fair to anyone who's alone?...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose...

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

He must be the only man alive who can eat an apple through a tennis...

He must be the only man alive who can eat an apple through a tennis...

Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.