Algebra Quotes

145 quotes by 123 authors

When we find ourselves unable to reason (as one often does when presented with, say, a problem in algebra) it is because our imagination is… — W. W. Sawyer
Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about. — Lindsay Fox
Time was when all the parts of the subject were dissevered, when algebra, geometry, and arithmetic either lived apart or kept up cold relations of… — James Joseph Sylvester
Text is linear; it is black and white; it doesn't zoom around the page in 3-D; it isn't intelligent by itself; in fact, in terms… — Unknown Author
We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression,… — Antoine Lavoisier
Spoken of the young Archimedes: . . . [he] was as much enchanted by the rudiments of algebra as he would have been if I… — Archimedes
At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead… — John Pople
Algebra messed up one of those divisions between things that help you make sense of the world and keep it tidy. Letters make words; figures… — Mal Peet
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.… — Mary Schmich
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. It is essentially a written language, and it endeavors to exemplify in its written… — Alfred North Whitehead
The music of Wagner imposes mental tortures that only algebra has the right to inflict. — Unknown Author
As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for us to learn, except possibly… — Harper Lee
Friendship is something that gets harder to understand, every damn year of my life.Friendship is like a kind of algebra test that nobody passes. In… — Gregory David Roberts
Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. — Mary Schmich
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. — Alfred North Whitehead
Sometimes in studying Ramanujan's work, [George Andrews] said at another time, "I have wondered how much Ramanujan could have done if he had had MACSYMA… — Robert Kanigel
Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively. — Simone Weil
[At a musical concert:] . . . the music's pure algebra of enchantment. — Conrad Aiken
You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra! — John Taylor Gatto
No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the 'square root' of… — Michael Atiyah

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