Statement: A girl and a boy jump into a river. The boy swims over to the girl and says, "God, it's cold."… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
There are many questions which fools can ask that wise men cannot answer. — George Polya Copy Share Image
It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
“[ The Old Astronomer to His Pupil ] Reach me down my Tycho Brahe , I would know him when we meet,… — Sarah Williams Copy Share Image
Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
... it can often be profitable to try a technique on a problem even if you know in advance that it cannot… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
“I've sort of been slacking off in my voodoo studies.I've trigonometry, you know?” — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
“Monty Jones: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances? Professor Jones:… — David Morgan-Mar Copy Share Image
The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
“Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
I couldn't picture myself with a boyfriend, but if I had to, I envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I spent 10 years working on a math Ph.D., and I finally got kind of good at it. — Jerry McNerney Copy Share Image
Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost the slam-dunk championship to somebody… — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of… — Blake Judd Copy Share Image
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry. — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
It is true that I should have been surprised in the past to learn that Professor Hardy had joined the Oxford Group.… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.… — Maryam Mirzakhani Copy Share Image
Combinatorics is an honest subject. No adèles, no sigma-algebras. You count balls in a box, and you either have the right number… — Gian-Carlo Rota Copy Share Image
The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame as the… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination. — Maya Lin Copy Share Image