In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems. — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Geometry is the art of correct reasoning from incorrectly drawn figures. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“...but numbers didn't lie. That was the reason I loved math. It was the only pure form of honesty left in this… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some… — John Pople Copy Share Image
In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which… — Henri Lebesgue Copy Share Image
The idea here, of course, is, you know, mathematics is the language of science, it's the way that we understand the natural… — Anya Kamenetz Copy Share Image
Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a… — Barack Obama 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
We know that to compete for the jobs of the 21st century and thrive in a global economy, we need a growing,… — Mark Pocan Copy Share Image
I think that we should give visas to people - green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
And you're a bad boy?" I asked. Ollie's grin was contagious. "Oh, I'm a bad, bad boy." Cam shot his friend a… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
Educators, long disturbed by schoolchildren's lagging scores in math and reading, are realizing there is a different and more alarming deficiency: emotional… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“A distinguished writer [Siméon Denis Poisson] has thus stated the fundamental definitions of the science: 'The probability of an event is the… — George Boole Copy Share Image