Cambridge Mathematician GH Hardy’s New Years Resolutions (year unknown, 1930s): 1. Prove the Riemann hypothesis. 2. Make 211 no out in the fourth innings of the last test match at the Oval [which was something like hitting a grand slam home run while behind by three runs in the ninth inning of the World Series’ final game]. 3. Find an argument for the nonexistence of God which shall convince the general public. 4. Be the first man at the top of Mt. Everest. 5. Be proclaimed the first president of the U.S.S.R. of Great Britain and Germany. 6. Murder Mussolini.

From this excellent biography of Ramanujan: