The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Maybe being number one has got to me, because from there you can only go down. — Mats Wilander Copy Share Image
Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“The object of mathematics is the honor of the human spirit.” — Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Copy Share Image
When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl… — Bjork Copy Share Image
But the gambling reasoner is incorrigible: if he would but take to squaring the circle, what a load of misery would be… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me. — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
“The question: 'is the Euclidean geometry true?' has no significance for Poincaré, for these is no such thing as one geometry being… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Mathematics may, be briefly defined as the science of quantities, and is one of the most important of disciplining studies which engage… — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to… — Samantha Bond Copy Share Image
Everybody in mathematics had given up for 100 years or 200 years the idea that you could from pictures, from looking at… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
“If you recall, in Ramanujan's letters to English mathematicians, he claimed that 1 + 2 + 3 +...= -1/12. He was so… — Matt Parker Copy Share Image
I'd like to take some calculus, too. I have absolutely no ability in that direction and not much interest, either, but there's… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“Numbers are a lot like people. They each have a story. They interact with one another. They entertain. They inform. They deceive.… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
“I try to push numbers through the equation Everything's about numbers About making them fit Numbers that I can't slide into this… — Catherine Alene Copy Share Image
“Modern culture has disenchanted the world by disenchanting numbers. For us, numbers are about quantity and control, not quality and contemplation. After… — Stratford Caldecott Copy Share Image
Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a matter of gender, is almost entirely dependent on culture - a… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Relationships are a lot like algebra... Ever looked at your X and wondered Y? — Anas Copy Share Image
It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes. — Paul Erdos Copy Share Image
Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man. — Shakuntala Devi Copy Share Image
I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems. — Pierre de Fermat Copy Share Image
You don't need a Ph.D. in mathematics to be a successful poker player. — Daniel Negreanu Copy Share Image
We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points. — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Worrying about math triggers the same response in the brain as physical pain. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your attitude towards math problem can tell the solution before you begin — Isaac Hlungwana Copy Share Image