Only Numbers. Pure math. You have to accustom yourself to thinking that way. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
In American math classes, we teach a lot of concepts poorly over many years. In the Asian systems they teach you very… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Very few people realize the enormous bulk of contemporary mathematics. Probably it would be easier to learn all the languanges of the… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
A GREAT discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in any problem. — George Polya Copy Share Image
Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music and arts programs. They increase the ability of young people to do… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. — Louis Zukofsky Copy Share Image
What is the fundamental hypothesis of science, the fundamental philosophy? We stated it in the first chapter: the sole test of the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering -… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
Are we going to do any thinking today, or is it going to be all math? — Philip J. Hanlon Copy Share Image
The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“A goal of this book has been to tear down in some small part these barriers to understanding by attempting to shatter… — G. Arnell Williams Copy Share Image
[Math is] not at all like science. There's no experiment I can do with test tubes and equipment and whatnot that will… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
The flaw in, say, austerity, is that its success is predicated on the relative exactitude of math rather than the shifting, liquid… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me… — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know. — Kevin Ashton Copy Share Image
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
The desire to explore thus marks out the mathematician. This is one of the forces making for the growth of mathematics. The… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image