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Math Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics.
- Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is based on the idea of approximation. If a man tells you he knows a thing…
- Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
- Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
- I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because,…
- Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the…
- Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.
More Math Quotes
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- How quick come the reasons for approving what we like! — Jane Austen
- If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. — Francis Bacon
- For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Roger Bacon
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. — Jean Baudrillard
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. — Ambrose Bierce
- Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. — Ambrose Bierce
- Republicans and Democrats can barely do what they're supposed to do, and they sure can't do math! — Lewis Black
- If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle. — Rita Mae Brown
- Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. — Jean de la Bruyere