"It's such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really, for new ways of translating the beauty of it."

"I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!"

"I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers."

"I didn't think that college math was for me. I didn't think I'd be able to hack it. And that perception of math not being for girls, not being for girls who see themselves as socially well adjusted has got to change."

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."

"Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the true master is an eternal student."

"I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher."