Quotes by Math There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics. ... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer. Voltaire imaginationmathscience When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward. Voltaire torchesstepsmath There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics. Voltaire imaginationmathscience He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain. Voltaire eyestrongmath How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. W. H. Auden mathhappinessscience Thou shalt not answer questionnaires Or quizzes upon world affairs, Nor with compliance Take any test. Thou shalt not sit with statisticians nor commit A social science. W. H. Auden testsanswersmath I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General. W. S. Gilbert vegetablesmathanimal In mathematics, if a pattern occurs, we can go on to ask, Why does it occur? What does it signify? And we can find answers to these questions. In fact, for every pattern that appears, a mathematician feels he ought to know why it appears. W. W. Sawyer teachinganswersmath You know what speed is. You would not believe a man who claimed to walk at 5 miles an hour, but took 3 hours to walk 6 miles. You have only to apply the same common sense to stones rolling down hillsides, and the calculus is at your command. W. W. Sawyer educationmathbelieve The desire to explore thus marks out the mathematician. This is one of the forces making for the growth of mathematics. The mathematician enjoys what he already knows; he is eager for more knowledge. W. W. Sawyer growtheducationmath Very few people realize the enormous bulk of contemporary mathematics. Probably it would be easier to learn all the languanges of the world than to master all mathematics at present known. W. W. Sawyer would-bemathpeople Calculus is the most powerful weapon of thought yet devised by the wit of man. Wallace B. Smith powerfulmathmen Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I can bear it. Walt Whitman leaves-of-grassbearsmath Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools. Warren Farrell mathfatherschool I'm always interested in understanding the math of things and understanding as much as I can about all aspects of business. And what I learn today may be useful to me two years from now. That's really the wonderful thing about investments is your knowledge is cumulative. Warren Buffett mathtwoyears An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them. Werner Heisenberg failuremistakemath Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works out to, hmmm, well, someone else can do the math. You wouldn't think such little wheels could make so much noise. Wesley Pruden governmentmaththinking For me, promotional thing about some new album coming out destroys a lot of the excitement of making records. Records, movies, books - they're not supposed to be like math books. The purpose of them is to kind of take us out of ourselves and give us some sort of alternate experience or respite. To try to maximize the relationship of listening to a record through promotion is like experiencing driving a car by reading about stimulus programs. It kind of defeats the purpose. Will Oldham readingmathbook I was never a class clown or anything like that, but I do remember being in the first grade and my teacher, Mr. Chad, told the class one day that we were going to do some exercises. He meant math exercises, but I stood up and started doing jumping jacks. To this day, I don't know what possessed me to do that, but all my friends cracked up. Will Ferrell exercisemathteacher Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical objects are postulated entities which round out and simplify our account of the flux of existence... The conceptional scheme of physical objects is [likewise] a convenient myth, simpler than the literal truth and yet containing that literal truth as a scattered part. Willard Van Orman Quine lawmathnumbers«6667686970717273747576»
