--- title: "2 Axioms Quotes By Richard Bookstaber" description: "2 Axioms quotes by Richard Bookstaber. Plus more from Richard Bookstaber and more Axioms sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/richard-bookstaber-41805_quote_one-of-the-most-important-axioms-is-that_1139211.jpg" --- > [“One of the most important axioms is that as the quantity of any commodity, for instance plain food, which a man has to consume increases, so the utility or benefit from the last portion used decreases in degree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bookstaber/one-of-the-most-important-axioms-is-that-as-the-quantity-of-any/) [Richard Bookstaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bookstaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/richard-bookstaber-41805_quote_one-of-the-most-important-axioms-is-that_1139211.jpg) > [“Mathematics works only with computationally reducible systems. Axioms and deductive logic are intended to provide shortcuts, to give general results that can compress a problem and provide insight into its workings so that it can be solved without having to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bookstaber/mathematics-works-only-with-computationally-reducible-systems-axioms/) [Richard Bookstaber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bookstaber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/richard-bookstaber-41805_axioms_mathematics-works-only-with-computationa_2665263.jpg) ## Other authors on Axioms - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 76 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/axioms/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) ## More by Richard Bookstaber > [“Alan Turing’s halting problem: you can’t know if the cells will all die off without running the game until they do die off. 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