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Math Quotes by George Polya
- Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.
- A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb up a tree, and a mathematician who can only specialise is…
- I am intentionally avoiding the standard term which, by the way, did not exist in Euler's time. One of the ugliest outgrowths of the "new…
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- In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In mathematics alone each… — Hermann Hankel
- If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. — Francis Bacon
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores… — Thad Cochran
- There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their… — Harvey Pekar
- We cheated on our math tests, we carved some dirty words on the desk. — Alice Cooper
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Roger Bacon