Best Geometrical Quotes

44 Geometrical quotes by 38 unique authors

...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or… — Carl Gustav Hempel
... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… — Plutarch
No Roman ever died in contemplation over a geometrical diagram. — Alfred North Whitehead
The arithmetical symbols are written diagrams and the geometrical figures are graphic formulas. — David Hilbert
The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics...the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible… — Galileo Galilei
General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all… — Paul Davies
The concept of an independent system is a pure creation of the imagination. For no material system is or can ever be perfectly isolated from… — Lawrence Joseph Henderson
Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came… — Wallace Stegner
Sit down, keep your back straight, relax and have an object on which to concentrate; you might use a candle flame, a brightly colored rock,… — Frederick Lenz
[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most… — Thomas Malthus
We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic. — Aristotle
I quickly learned that reading is cumulative and proceeds by geometrical progression: each new reading builds upon whatever the reader has read before. — Alberto Manguel
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. — Martin Gardner
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. — Thomas Malthus
Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it… — Galileo Galilei
In the candle's flickering light, the library's thousands of books emerged from the shadows, and for a moment Nicholas could not help admiring them again.… — Trenton Lee Stewart
Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. — Thomas Malthus
This simple idea served to provide information on the geometrical shape of reacting molecules, and I was able to make the role of the frontier… — Kenichi Fukui
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a manso concentrates his attentionon a landscape, a poem, a geometrical… — Wystan Hugh Auden

Who Wrote These Geometrical Quotes

38 authors contributed a total of 44 Geometrical Quotes, led by these top contributors: