We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Deep down, it's all baseball, no matter what kind of geometrical shape you play it with.”

— Vernon D. Burns

Geometry is of much assistance in architecture, and in particular it teaches us the use of the rule and compasses, by which especially we…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The mathematical difficulties of the theory of rotation arise chiefly from the want of geometrical illustrations and sensible images, by which we might fix…

— James Clerk Maxwell

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.

— Anonymous

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.

— Martin Gardner

Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of…

— David Hilbert

The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow,…

— Neal A. Maxwell

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting,…

— Joan Collins

“A goal of this book has been to tear down in some small part these barriers to understanding by attempting to shatter the “divinity…

— G. Arnell Williams

Economics is half psychology and half Grade Three arithmetic, and the U.S. does not now have either half right.

— Conrad Black

Arithmetic has began to totter.

— Gottlob Frege

I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we…

— Jeff Merkley

Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.

— Carl Sandburg

To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry…

— Clifton Fadiman