Bits Quote by Steven G. Krantz

I've always considered myself more of a mathematician than a psychologist.

— Alan Greenspan

Mathematicians grow very old; it is a healthy profession. The reason you live long is that you have pleasant thoughts. Math and physics are…

— Dirk Jan Struik

Mathematics is a world created by the mind of men, and mathematicians are people who devote their lives to what seems to me a…

— Constance Reid

“Mathematics is a tool which ideally permits mediocre minds to solve complicated problems expeditiously.”

— Floyd Alburn Firestone

Mathematicians are stiff abstract guys. They'll tell you they don't need the physical world. But then when I show them my bubbles they're like…

— Tom Noddy

I must admit that outside the university, it is difficult to be a pure mathematician. No one in my family understands what I do.…

— Isadore Singer

In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from…

— Stanislaw Ulam

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.

— Jane Goodall

Mathematics is the handwriting on the human consciousness of the very Spirit of Life itself.

— Claude Fayette Bragdon

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

— Dirk Jan Struik

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes,…

— Anonymous

When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mathematician, but I had no idea what that entailed.

— Terence Tao