I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to p…

- Stephen Cole Kleene

I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions i…

- Stephen Cole Kleene

I think Veblen had an interest in logic.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

Here at Wisconsin we didn't get an undergraduate course in mathematical logic until the '60s.

- Stephen Cole Kleene

I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.

- Stephen Cole Kleene