Quotes

• "8 is very much like 6." - 2004
• "If you showed me that definition in the middle of the night, I wouldn't know what it was. [Definition of Group Action] " - 2004
• "[After completing a proof on change of bases] And there it is; that is black magic. Three hundred years ago you could be burnt for that." - 2004
• "You can either follow the proof or wiggle your way around." - 2005
• "Heisenberg gets stopped by a policeman, who asks "Do you know how fast you were going?", to which he answers "No, but I know exactly where I am!"" - 2008
• "You take Heisenberg's cat, put it in a box and shoot it or something, and you get a measurement." - 2008
• "Today I'm going to make a huge leap - maybe that's why I'm wearing this communist shirt." - 2008
• "Do you use small or big a to write abelian ? [no one answers] Obviously there are a lot of people here who aren't thinking. I think this is a good think for the leap! " - 2008