Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern… — Roger Penrose
Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has… — Roger Penrose
Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form — Anish Kapoor
Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic. — Scarlett Thomas
And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore. — Joseph Glanvill
The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure [science] fiction. Theories… — John Lennox
Avarice, greed, concupiscence and so forth are all based on the mathematical truism that the more you get, the more you have. The remark of… — Frederick Buechner
In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but… — M.C. Escher
Modern economics is a set of formal models and equations purporting to fully determine human behaviour, at least in the economic realm. And there is… — Murray Rothbard
It is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. — William Stanley Jevons
Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people really interested in… — G. H. Hardy
Most people are so frightened of the name of mathematics that they are ready, quite unaffectedly, to exaggerate their own mathematical stupidity. — G. H. Hardy
I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty — G. H. Hardy
We know next to nothing with any certainty about Pythagoras, except that he was not really called Pythagoras. The name by which he is known… — Daniel Tammet
Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers,… — Daniel Tammet
I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching largely to men… — Ronald Fisher
The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic. — Ronald Fisher
The discovery in 1846 of the planet Neptune was a dramatic and spectacular achievement of mathematical astronomy. The very existence of this new member of… — James R Newman
Among all of the mathematical disciplines the theory of differential equations is the most important... It furnishes the explanation of all those elementary manifestations of… — Unknown Author
If a lunatic scribbles a jumble of mathematical symbols it does not follow that the writing means anything merely because to the inexpert eye it… — Eric Temple Bell

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