“They range over many delicious topics, giving us an enchanting personal view of the history and practice of magic, of mathematics, and of the fascinating connection between the two cultures. Magical Mathematics will have an utterly devoted readership.”

Sometimes a line of mathematical research extending through decades can be thought of as one long conversation in which many mathematicians take part. This is fortunately true at present.

There is an underlying timelessness in the basic conversation that is mathematics.

Mathematical objects are determined by – and understood by – the network of relationships they enjoy with all the other objects of their species.

The proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem underscores how stable mathematics is through the centuries – how mathematics is one of humanity’s long continuous conversations with itself.

This is a wonderful book, unique and engaging. Diaconis and Graham manage to convey the awe and marvels of mathematics, and of magic tricks, especially those that depend fundamentally on mathematical ideas.

A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range.

just to show people the range that I have, and for them to be able to see the artistry beyond the color.

When somebody recognizes me from the film – and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film

In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range

The best armor is to keep out of range.

There are a lot of people in this world that listen to wide ranges of music and there should never be a CERTAIN type of music that any artist should be confined to, in my opinion.

Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone’s got a free range for you.

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.