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Numbers Quotes by Daniel Tammet
- One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years without any knowledge…
- 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,…
- Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.
- I would play with numbers in a way that other kids would play with their friends.
- 37 is a lumpy number, a bit like porridge. Six is very small and dark and cold, and whenever I was little trying to understand…
- I know from my own experience that there is much more to 'intelligence' than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any…
- I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study, aided…
- When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That's the answer. It's…
- Why learn a number like pi to so many decimal places? The answer I gave then as I do now is that pi is for…
- What I do find surprising is that other people do not think in the same way. I find it hard to imagine a world where…
- The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures of languages, the…
- Someone who copies a Van Gogh does not therefore become Van Gogh, and the same would go for Mozart or anyone else who contributed something…
- Squaring numbers is a symmetrical process that I like very much. And when I divide one number by another, say, 13 divided by 97, I…
- My first memory - at about four - was of numbers. The doctors who study me think a combination of mild autism and seizures I…
More Numbers Quotes
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing… — Neil Armstrong
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people… — Margaret Atwood
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden