All John Allen Paulos Quotes
- Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security Certainty
- The fashion pages have always baffled me. In my opinion, the articles appear to be full of gobbledygook as to make the astrology column seem… Always Baffled
- Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature. Computation
- Certainty a strange Ferris wheel of a statement! Certainty
- The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor. All
- In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to… Beguiled
- In the stock market... You can be right for the wrong reasons or wrong for the right reasons. Funny
- Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think. Data
- I think, therefore I laugh. Knowledge
- Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet." Asked
- The simple equations that generate the convoluted Mandelbrot fractal have been called the wittiest remarks ever made. Been
- How many pizzas are consumed each year in the United States? How many words have you spoken in your life? How many different peoples names… All