Mathematical Quotes

710 Mathematical quotes by 419 unique authors

USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population. — David Letterman
In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is. — Norm MacDonald
Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability. — Marissa Mayer
Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking. — Nathan Myhrvold
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. — Blaise Pascal
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. — Blaise Pascal
It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth. — Jean Piaget
Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures. — Jean Piaget
The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence,… — Albert Pike
The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero. — Steven Pinker
As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published… — Steven Pinker
A sane mind should not be guilty of a logical fallacy, yet there are very fine minds incapable of following mathematical demonstrations. — Henri Poincare
I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought… — John Polkinghorne
Order is heaven's first law. — Alexander Pope
Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children. — Dan Quayle
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform. — Bertrand Russell
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. — Bertrand Russell
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because,… — Bertrand Russell
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining… — Bertrand Russell
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic… — Erwin Schrodinger
My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the… — Tom Stoppard
I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally. — Calvin Trillin
Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity. — Alan Turing
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. — Leonardo da Vinci
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it. — Andre Weil

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