Firsts Quote by Andre Weil

When given two choices, make a third.

— Stiles

“When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.”

— Jarod Kintz

“When given a choice between two, choose the third.”

— Jeff Grubb

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

— Jessica Scott Kerrin

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him,…

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

It's better to be second while everyone is saying 'You should have been first,' than be first when everyone says 'You should be second.

— Karina Smirnoff

Sometimes you do have to accept your second or third choice in order to avoid an outcome you consider to be even worse.

— David Gauke

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

“The mathematical economists have commonly been mathematicians first and economists afterward, disposed to oversimplify the data and underestimate the divergence between their premises and…

— Frank H. Knight

Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

— Jane Goodall

There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

— Gabe Paul