Mathematics Quotes · Page 42

Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects.

— Henri Poincare

During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.

— Rudolph A. Marcus

From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.

— Anonymous

“There are three kinds of people: those who are good at math and those who aren't.”

— Jessica Scott Kerrin

I want to make everyone believe that they can understand math and science.

— Emily Calandrelli

[T]he different branches of Arithmetic - Ambition [G]eometry is not true, it is advantageous.

— Henri Poincare

Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths.

— Morris Kline

Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.

— Nathan Seiberg

I was reminded of the Sydney Harris cartoon that said 'adding two numbers that have not been added before does not constitute…

— Ronald Graham

Numbers serve to discipline rhetoric. Without them it is too easy to follow flights of fancy, to ignore the world as it…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Math, like meditation, puts you in direct contact with the universe, which is bigger than you, was here before you, and will…

— Jordan Ellenberg

“We mathematicians understand that without the education of children, the economy cannot grow, and the world would starve from ignorance.”

— V.M.Robinson

“In other words, general set theory is pretty trivial stuff really, but, if you want to be a mathematician, you need some…

— Paul Halmos

To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true…

— IU?. I. Manin

Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Thus not only the mental and the material, but the theoretical and the practical in the mathematical world, are brought into more…

— Ada Lovelace

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for…

— Otto Weininger

“And I'll go even further and say that mathematics, this art of abstract pattern-making — even more than storytelling, painting, or music…

— Paul Lockhart

Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity…

— Morris Kline

“Why did math matter so much? Some reasons were practical: More and more jobs required familiarity with probability, statistics, and geometry. The…

— Amanda Ripley

I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My…

— Henry Petroski

“Tengo's lectures took on uncommon warmth, and the students found themselves swept up in his eloquence. He taught them how to practically…

— Haruki Murakami

A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising…

— G. H. Hardy

When I was in fifth grade, there were many girls who were good at math, but when I was in junior high…

— Judith Love Cohen

Think! Think and wonder. Wonder and think. How much water can 55 elephants drink?

— Dr. Seuss

In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure.

— Hermann Hankel

“However, one cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.”

— Stephen Hawking

Dear maths, Grow up and solve your own problems please

— Avalon

The arithmetical symbols are written diagrams and the geometrical figures are graphic formulas.

— David Hilbert

“Old math teachers never die, they just tend to infinity”

— Nilesh Monapara

“In battle, discipline beats numbers nine times of every ten.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Mathematics is the second most exciting thing. ”

— Clayton Joyce

“A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships.”

— Anne McCaffrey

Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation.

— Henri Poincare

The study of mathematics is, if an unprofitable, a perfectly harmless and innocent occupation.

— G. H. Hardy

A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.

— John Edensor Littlewood

Mathematics is the queen of disciplines… it will drive the nonsense out of your head!

— Leo Tolstoy

“completely insane algebraic equations?” “You know us too well.” Jess sat down in her”

— Jojo Moyes

Mom, I guess for us, has been number one from day one.

— Jason McCourty

To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world.

— Richard P. Feynman