A Beautiful Mind

"I've always believed in numbers. In the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask, what truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional, and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found."

"There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad your tie is."

"Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself."

"Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity."

"There's no point in being nuts if you can't have a little fun."

"Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart."

"John has schizophrenia. People with this disease are often paranoid."

"Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you had never been."

"Well, on the bright side, you've invented window art."

"In competitive behavior, someone always loses."

"I have respect for beer."

"I can't fail. This is all I am."

"Adam Smith needs revision."

"Governing dynamics, gentlemen. Governing dynamics. Adam Smith... he was wrong."

"Constantly."

"Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know."

"It's the same with love, I guess."

"You can't reason your way out of this."

"You want to know what is real? This. This is real."

"You are not real! There is no mission! I am not a soldier!"

"It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself."

"It is the only way I will ever…matter."

"Your aggressive moves towards me indicates that you feel the same way."

"However, ritual requires that we engage in a number of platonic activities before we have sex."

"I am proceeding with those activities when, in point of actual fact, all I really want to do is have intercourse with you as soon as possible."

"I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason."

"But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask: 'What truly is logic?'"

"My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional…and back."

"You're the only reason I am…you are all my reasons."

"I don't exactly know what I'm required to say in order for you to have intercourse with me, but could we assume that I said all that?"