For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math. — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
I have a name for people who went to the extreme efficient market theory-which is "bonkers". It was an intellectually consistent theory… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“There is no geometry here; or rather there is a secret, infinitely non-Eucledian and subtle geometry, a secret harmony that the mind… — Alan Macfarlane Copy Share Image
As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything… — Maryam Mirzakhani Copy Share Image
“It'll turn out you mean love,' Sholto said. 'At the moment math is the only thing that excites you so you're nosing… — Elizabeth Knox Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a presuppositionless science. To found it I do not need God, as does Kronecker, or the assumption of a special… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a logical method. . . . Mathematical propositions express no thoughts. In life it is never a mathematical proposition which… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can… — Eric Bell Copy Share Image
Luv is not a maths to solve luv is not a science to learn luv is not a thing to buy it… — Destrol Copy Share Image
I can see patterns in events, and behaviors; in mathematics, I follow slower — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I had better say something here about this question of age, since it is particularly important for mathematicians. No mathematician should ever… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
“If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I don't want to convince you that mathematics is useful. It is, but utility is not the only criterion for value to… — Ian Stewart Copy Share Image
Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place value and an… — Pierre Simon De Laplace Copy Share Image
Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy,… — Bob Hoskins Copy Share Image
Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about. — Lindsay Fox Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not something that you find lying around in your back yard. It's produced by the human mind. Yet if we… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
It is perplexing to see the flexibility of the so-called 'exact sciences' which by cast-iron laws of logic and by the infallible… — Vasco Ronchi Copy Share Image
It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
I was appalled to find that the mathematical notation on which I had been raised failed to fill the needs of the… — Kenneth E. Iverson Copy Share Image
Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics. ... — W. W. Rouse Ball Copy Share Image
I may not be great at geometry but I know one theorum. The longest distance between two points is you and your… — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
“In mathematics, in physics, people are concerned with what you say, not with your certification. But in order to speak about social… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I thought I wanted to be a physicist in high school until I learned that there was much more math than philosophy… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Mathematics is universal. It's discovered by human beings, but the rules of mathematics are the same throughout the universe and the laws… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
I then began to study arithmetical questions without any great apparent result, and without suspecting that they could have the least connexion… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Dear Mom, It is not my fault I am failing math. Sincerely, blaming my math teacher. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
