Mathematicians Quotes

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The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis. — Andrew Wiles
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How happy is the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more. — Albert Einstein
Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent… — Terry Pratchett
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. — Voltaire
It was love, she thought, love that never clutch its object; but, like the love which mathematicians bear their symbols, or poets their phrases, was… — Virginia Woolf
TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians debutantes spinsters fishermen… — Connie Willis
So now I'm going back again I got to get her somehow All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now… — Bob Dylan
You know" - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- "I don't know that both of us really have to be… — Ally Carter
(Space programs are) a force operating on educational pipelines that stimulate the formation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians... They're the ones that make tomorrow… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income. — Isaac Asimov
The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with… — Saint Augustine
I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians. — Richard P. Feynman
Each generation has its few great mathematicians, and mathematics would not even notice the absence of the others. They are useful as teachers, and their… — Alfred Adler
Female physicists, astronomers and mathematicians are up against more than 2,000 years of convention that has long portrayed these fields as inherently male. — Margaret Wertheim
Artists realise that mathematicians have a way of looking at the world that can make them see things differently. — Marcus du Sautoy
We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political… — Marcus du Sautoy
Today, you have neuroscientists working on a genetic, behavioural or cognitive level, and then you have informaticians, chemists and mathematicians. They all have their own… — Henry Markram

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