Math Quotes

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From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I'm a mathematician, basically. What I do is look around for problems where I can find useful applications for mathematics. All I do, really, is… — Freeman Dyson
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths… — James Dyson
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an… — Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. — Albert Einstein
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. — Albert Einstein
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. — Albert Einstein
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is… — Idris Elba
The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought. — Havelock Ellis
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. — Paul Erdos
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends,… — Asghar Farhadi
I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher, Mr. Chad, told… — Will Ferrell
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there. — Richard P. Feynman
If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt… — Mark Haddon
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick… — Mark Haddon
My father was really good with math. It's a funny thing, I don't remember my father or my mother being so mechanical-minded. My father always… — Herbie Hancock
I thought, well, you might see curves there, but that's just a bone - so even if I lose weight that's not going to change… — Christina Hendricks
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. — David Hilbert
Working is bad enough in the winter, but in the summer it can become completely intolerable. Stuck in airless offices, every fibre of our being… — Tom Hodgkinson

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