Math Quotes

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If I wanted to be a doctor today I'd go to math school not med school. — Vinod Khosla
Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their consequences. â€¦ in… — Steven Strogatz
You canâ€™t hide secrets from the future with math. — MC Frontalot
Spending time with math people is a lot of fun. As a result of the play, I've had semi-drunken dinners with mathematicians all over the… — David Auburn
There are two versions of math in the lives of many Americans: the strange and boring subject that they encountered in classrooms and an interesting… — Jo Boaler
In a way, math isn't the art of answering mathematical questions, it is the art of asking the right questions, the questions that give you… — Gregory Chaitin
Silicon Valley, "the largest legal creation of wealth in history," was built largely by unprofessional amateurs using math, sand, and the institutions of freedom. The… — Michael Strong
In fact, NSF was the leading successful efforts to improve U.S. math and science education long before the Department of Education was even created. — Bob Inglis
I teach high school math. I sell a product to a market that doesn't want it, but is forced by law to buy it. — Dan Meyer
I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids… — Robert Sternberg
I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be… — John L. Phillips
In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break… — Joanna Newsom
Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them "impressions," and if you got a different "impression," so what, can't we… — Jack Handey
People expect the math to be simplified, but I want to surprise them right from the start. When the brain gets lost, it doesn't stop… — Simon McBurney
Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! — Nathan Lane
Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and verbal skills. — Susan Polgar
When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question? — Unknown Author
No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an "improper fraction." They're… — Paul Lockhart
When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask. — Paul Halmos

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