Math Quotes

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Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness. — Thomas Huxley
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science. — Mary Somerville
One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any… — Leon Henkin
Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. — Edward Charles Titchmarsh
The advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or erased with a… — Norbert Wiener
The best defense against logic is ignorance. — Blaise Pascal
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. — Joseph de Maistre
The fact is there are few more popular subjects than mathematics. Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a… — G. H. Hardy
The mathematician is entirely free, within the limits of the imagination, to construct what worlds he pleases. — J. W. N. Sullivan
The will of man is by his reason swayed. — Izaak Walton
Whatever you can, count. — Francis Bacon
When intuition and logic agree, you are always right. — Blaise Pascal
He'd met other prodigies in mathematical competitions. In fact he'd been thoroughly trounced by competitors who probably spent literally all day practising maths problems and… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
The basic skills of math, English and writing are not enough, ... You must develop a basic system of values to form and guide the… — Jim Rogers
Analysis of President Bush's tax plan has revealed that several elaborate tricks and gimmicks were used to make it look like a $1.35 trillion cut,… — Jon Stewart
I don't think they understand it's as important as math and science. It rounds you out as a person. I think it gives you a… — Marvin Hamlisch
I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or a white ball… — Janet Evanovich
In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should also encourage the… — Barack Obama
You can go your whole life and not need math or physics for a minute, but the ability to tell a joke is always handy. — Garrison Keillor
I never got a pass mark in math... Just imagine - mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books. Funny me consorting with all… — M.C. Escher

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