Paul Erdos Quotes

Finally I am becoming stupider no more.

Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten

I am not qualified to say whether or not God exists. I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless I'm always saying that the SF( The SF is the supreme Fascist, the Number-One guy up there) has this transfinite book-transfinite being a concept in mathematics that is larger than infinite-that contains the best proofs of all mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect.

God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here.

Property is a nuisance.

It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

Finally I'm becoming stupider no more.

Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.

The SF [Supreme Fascist, i.e. God] created us to enjoy our suffering. The sooner we die, the sooner we defy His plans.

It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.

When I was a child, the Earth was said to be two billion years old. Now scientists say it's four and a half billion. So that makes me two and a half billion.

There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

Another roof, another proof.

I'll tell you once,
and I'll tell you again.
There's always a prime
between n and 2n.

In a way, mathematics is the only infinite human activity. It is conceivable that humanity could eventually learn everything in physics or biology. But humanity certainly won't ever be able to find out everything in mathematics, because the subject is infinite. Numbers themselves are infinite. That's why mathematics is really my only interest.

Here I am: My brain is open.

You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.

Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper

The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.