The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

Dev Patel: S. Ramanujan

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• S. Ramanujan : What you might see now as ordinary glass, I promise you will soon remain to see a diamond.

• S. Ramanujan : I owe you so much.

  G.H. Hardy : No, it is I who owe you.

• S. Ramanujan : [gazing at the umbrella Hardy is carrying in full sunlight]  Sir, do you know something I do not?

  G.H. Hardy : [sarcastically]  Apparently not!

  [realizing the question referred to his umbrella] 

  G.H. Hardy : Oh! God and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye. So if I prepare for rain, then it won't. So far, so good.

  [bellowing at the sky] 

  G.H. Hardy : I'm Hardy. And I'm spending the afternoon in the Wren Library!

  [speaking again to Ramanujan] 

  G.H. Hardy : Now we're sure to have sunshine. Hmph. You see, I am what you call an atheist.

  S. Ramanujan : No, sir. You believe in God. You just don't think He likes you.

• S. Ramanujan : There are patterns in everything. The color in light, the reflections in water... in math, these patterns reveal themselves in the most incredible form. It's quite beautiful.

• S. Ramanujan : Don't you see? An equation has no meaning to me... unless it expresses a thought of God.

• S. Ramanujan : These steps you want, I do not know how to do!

• Major MacMahon : Now, how high do I have to go?

  S. Ramanujan : P of 200 should do. I really can do it.

• S. Ramanujan : What do you see?

  Janaki : Sand.

  S. Ramanujan : Imagine if we could look so closely we could see each grain, each particle. You see there are patterns in everything.

• S. Ramanujan : You wanted to know how I get my ideas. God speaks to me.

• G.H. Hardy : We need proofs of your work.

  S. Ramanujan : But they are right, sir.

• Janaki : Don't forget me.

  S. Ramanujan : I could never.

• S. Ramanujan : Don't you know what I've given up to be here? I have nothing!