Quotes by Math You know there's always that kid in your class — and every class has one — the kid who draws all the time and is really good? That was not me. I was a lousy draftsman. But as soon as I figured out that I could make things come alive, like using the corners of my math book to make flipbooks, I was hooked. Pete Docter mathkidsbook I was excellent at English and Drama. Maths and Science I was terrible at. I didn't have any interest in them. I was happiest at lunchtime, playing with my friends. But I love science now, that's the funny thing. And I'd be so good at geography, as I've been fortunate enough to travel the world. Peter Andre funny-thingsmathdrama Unfortunately I have never been good in math. Numbers simply do not interest me or seem as real to me as words. Peter Cameron realmathnumbers No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than the buzz bombs and the rockets that Werner von Braun designed for a German victory, a weapon absolutely decisive, in the judgement of many, in winning the war for the Allies. Peter Hilton winningmathwar Mathematics is for lazy people. Peter Hilton lazy-peoplemathpeople Mathematics should be fun. Peter Hilton educationmathfun The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature. Peter L. Bernstein mathmenpast All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade. Peter Lynch investingmathneeds Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. Peter Lynch fifth-grademademath As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment. Peter Wright mathromantickids I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math. Phil Foglio artistmathschool It's amazing to me that not only can we put a probe around Saturn and get images of its moons, but our math and physics are so freaking accurate we can say, "Hey, you know what? On this date at this time if we turn Cassini that way we'll see a moon over 2 million kilometers away pass in front of another one nearly 3 million kilometers away." Every morning, I have a 50/50 chance of finding my keys. That kinda puts things in perspective. Phil Plait moonmathmorning One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories. Philip J. Davis mathbeautifulscience One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may it never come) will be the mathematicians' war. Philip J. Davis mathwarworld Are we going to do any thinking today, or is it going to be all math? Philip J. Hanlon mathsciencethinking The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. Philip J. Davis mathhelpingnumbers I just am not good at math. Phil McGraw math Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put my finger in the fire and it hurt,"), which is probably the earliest kind we learn. Then there's the logically convincing, which we probably come to first through maths, in the context of Pythagoras's theorem or something similar, and which, if we first encounter it at exactly the right moment, bursts on our minds like sunrise with the whole universe playing a great chord of C Major. Philip Pullman hurtmathscience Logic is invincible, because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic. Pierre Boutroux mathorderknowledge To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power, or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it. Pierre de Fermat powermathscience«5556575859606162636465»
