Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions, and on account… — Nicolaus Copernicus
So, ultimately, in order to understand nature it may be necessary to have a deeper understanding of mathematical relationships. But the real reason is that… — Richard P. Feynman
Irrigation, unscientifically conducted, would not give us such truly wonderful mathematical fitness [as we observe in the Martian canals]. . . . A mind of… — Percival Lowell
Why you were born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving… — Oscar Hammerstein II
It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of the child; he… — Maria Montessori
I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on… — Thomas A. Edison
It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense. — Alfred North Whitehead
Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a… — Andy Rooney
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to… — Paul Samuelson
If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer… — Eric Temple Bell
It is my conviction that pure mathematical construction enables us to discover the concepts and the laws connecting them, which gives us the key to… — Albert Einstein
The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side. — John Stuart Mill
The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo,… — Georg Cantor
No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof. — Leonardo da Vinci
Many persons entertain a prejudice against mathematical language, arising out of a confusion between the ideas of a mathematical science and an exact science. ...in… — William Stanley Jevons
But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant upon which the… — Bertrand Russell
All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd… — Rebel Wilson
An accurate charting of American women's progress through history might look more like a corkscrew tilted slightly to one side, its loops inching closer to… — Susan Faludi
Traditionally, scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply 'given,' elegant mathematical relationships that were somehow imprinted on the universe at its birth, and… — Paul Davies
We will never fully explain the world by appealing to something outside it that must simply be accepted on faith, be it an unexplained God… — Paul Davies
They [the mathematicians of the Enlightenment] defined their terms vaguely and used their methods loosely, and the logic of their arguments was made to fit… — Tobias Dantzig
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method-more daring than anything that the history… — Nicholas Murray Butler
I have the vagary of taking a lively interest in mathematical subjects only where I may anticipate ingenious association of ideas and results recommending themselves… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
I am giving this winter two courses of lectures to three students, of which one is only moderately prepared, the other less than moderately, and… — Carl Friedrich Gauss

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