Proofs Quotes

141 quotes by 128 authors

If only I had the Theorems! Then I should find the proofs easily enough. — Bernhard Riemann
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with… — H. L. Mencken
I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me. — Zane Grey
Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems, to make their… — Paul Lockhart
Friendship is never established as an understood relation. It is a miracle which requires constant proofs. It is an exercise of the purest imagination and… — Henry David Thoreau
A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given. — Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch
Only professional mathematicians learn anything from proofs. Other people learn from explanations. — Ralph P. Boas, Jr.
A math lecture without a proof is like a movie without a love scene. This talk has two proofs. — Hendrik Lenstra
Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own questions, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the… — Paul Halmos
Like a stool which needs three legs to be stable, mathematics education needs three components: good problems, with many of them being multi-step ones, a… — Richard Askey
The most central and irrational faith among people is the faith in technology and economical growth. Its priests believe until their death that material prosperity… — Pentti Linkola
Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized… — William Wilberforce
It is my experience that proofs involving matrices can be shortened by 50% if one throws the matrices out. — Emil Artin
In the broad light of day mathematicians check their equations and their proofs, leaving no stone unturned in their search for rigour. But, at night,… — Michael Atiyah
It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best… — Marilyn vos Savant
The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of… — Adrian Rogers
There is no love; there are only proofs of love. Whatever love I might feel in my heart, others will see only my action. — Pierre Reverdy
After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. — Salvatore Quasimodo
Too many proofs spoil the truth. — Peter Greenaway

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