'Algebra' roughly translates to 'the system for reconciling disparate parts.' — Terry Moore Copy Share Image
Mathematics has the inhuman quality of starlight, brilliant and sharp, but cold. — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. — Stefan Banach Copy Share Image
You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra! — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics. — William Joyce Copy Share Image
Economics has become increasingly an arcane branch of mathematics rather than dealing with real economic problems. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“If mathematical knowledge is to have legitimacy, the mind must passively discover it (R5) without affecting it in any way; “mere delusion”… — Lee Braver Copy Share Image
[As a young teenager] Galois read [Legendre's] geometry from cover to cover as easily as other boys read a pirate yarn. — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
Its a mathematical fact that two negatives make a positive so even under adverse circumstances think positively. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You do his homework?" "Just the math. It's a miracle he can count to ten." "I can count to one." Gabriel gave… — Brigid Kemmerer Copy Share Image
One good thing about teaching calculus is that you develop a hardened attitude towards repeating yourself. — Philip J. Hanlon Copy Share Image
If one has really technically penetrated a subject, things that previously seemed in complete contrast, might be purely mathematical transformations of each… — John Von Neumann Copy Share Image
The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“Schools were started to train human talents... The Guild... emphasizes almost pure mathematics. Bene Gesserit performs... politics. The original Bene Gesserit school… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“If you were given to thinking of numbers as having human-like qualities, you might picture e^i*pi as a guru into transcendental meditation… — David Stipp Copy Share Image
As the sun eclipses the stars by its brilliancy, so the man of knowledge will eclipse the fame of others in assemblies… — Brahmagupta Copy Share Image
“Nanny Piggins lost the Vegetable Peeling, Gutter Cleaning, and Long Division Explaining tests as well. She got caught telling Michael, 'Don't bother… — R. A. Spratt Copy Share Image
It turns out that hyperbolic structures are very common in nature, and the place where lots of people encounter them is coral… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
“You know what happens when you give a kid a calculator instead of teaching him math?" "I think you need my help."… — Carolyn Crane Copy Share Image
“The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings that every… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image