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Math Quotes by Richard P. Feynman
- To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world.
- Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation.
- What is necessary for 'the very existence of science,' and what the characteristics of nature are, are not to be determined by pompous preconditions, they…
- The principle of science, the definition, almost, is the following: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific "truth."…
- A great deal more is known than has been proved.
- What is the fundamental hypothesis of science, the fundamental philosophy? We stated it in the first chapter: the sole test of the validity of any…
- The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.
- I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
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