“‎"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.”

“It is much more a lack of fun which batters us than over abundance and indulgence”

“To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.”

“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”

“Yes, but everybody else gets more than us.”

“Always set your goals higher than you could ever possibly reach. That way, when you barely fall short, you're still better than everybody else.”

“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I'd done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible”