Education Quote by Clyde Tombaugh

Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was…

— Terence Tao

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

— Sophie Kinsella

A lot of times, when kids have problems with algebra or trigonometry, it has nothing to do with the subject matter, has nothing to…

— Sal Khan

A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had an excuse…

— John G. Kemeny

I use trigonometry all the time.

— Jessi Combs

Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.

— John Arbuthnot

“All the geography, trigonometry, and arithmetic in the world are useless unless you learn to think for yourself. No school teaches you that. It's…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“My future was in the hands of someone who didn't understand basic trigonometry. What if he got the angle wrong? Misjudged the timing? How…

— Megan Miranda

I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.

— Taylor Momsen

Andrew Hacker argues that algebra and trigonometry and calculus are subjects that almost nobody used after they graduate, and so why should we continue…

— Anya Kamenetz

Mathematics are one of the fundamentaries of educationalizing our youth.

— George W. Bush

“The obvious cure for the tragic shortcomings of human intuition in a high-tech world is education. And this offers priorities for educational policy: to…

— Steven Pinker