Birkhoff Prize Quotes & Sayings

To be weak is miserable,
Doing or suffering. — John Milton

I can still smell the tear gas in the Hilton Hotel. — Eugene McCarthy

Can't any of us stand up to those women?"
"Nope," said at least three men in unison. — Robyn Carr

As any parent knows, part of your mind is always engaged - wondering and worrying that everything is okay and calculating all the stuff that has to get done in the course of a day. When the children are asleep in their beds, I can go where I really need to go in my head. — Anne Michaels

Life is the way it is. It's worth what it's worth! It does its best, within its limitations. We mustn't ask too much of life, either. Nor should we want to suppress it! — Jean Teule