"A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians.……" — Martin Gardner
"A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?"
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28 Quotes by Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner has 28 quotes on this site.
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If all sentient beings in the universe disappeared, there would remain a sense in which mathematical objects and theorems would…
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Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify…
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If present trends continue, our country may soon find itself far behind many other nations in both science and technology…
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Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads; ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid…
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All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.
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Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. That is that entire universe is made of matter,…
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Speaking about symmetry, look out our window, and you may see a cardinal attacking its reflection in the window. The…
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The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what…
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If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is…
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There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and…
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The last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to…
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It is part of the pholosophic dullness of our time that there are millions of rational monsters walking about on…
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More Accomplished Quotes
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
— Amelia Barr
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
— Warren Beatty
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
— Bob Beauprez
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
— Sitting Bull
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
— Robert Byrd
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
— Dale Carnegie
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
— Jim Carrey
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
— Hillary Clinton
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
— Sergio Aragones
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
— Alice Miller
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