Humor Quote by Tessa Dare

“What use is it to him now that he was such a good mathematician at school?”

— Erich Maria Remarque

“A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships.”

— Anne McCaffrey

“I had been to school most all the time, and could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication…

— Mark Twain

“He had long ago given up trying even to understand the unsolvable mathematics of human relationships, let alone to participate.”

— George R.R. Martin

“If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand.”

— Paul Dirac

“Never was his remarkable memory more useful than when he could see mathematics only in his mind's eye.”

— William Dunham

“Good, he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician. [Upon hearing that one of his students had dropped out to study poetry] ”

— David Hilbert

“He divides his time between thinking about sex and thinking about mathematics.”

— Neal Stephenson

“He wished that the mathematics of the world were like the mathematics of the heart - then his equal love and hate would mean…

— Tiffany Reisz

“I thought about the hours we spent practicing increasingly complex math problems. He taught me that lack of knowledge and lack of intelligence were…

— J.D. Vance

“I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself to think.”

— John Dickson Carr

“Once you found the math in a thing, you knew everything about it, and you could manipulate it to your heart’s content with nothing…

— Neal Stephenson