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Quotations by Subject: Mathematics (12 quotes)

Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), "Geometry and Experience", January 27, 1921
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.: Tom Lehrer (1928 - ), lecturing in "The Nature of Math", 4/4/90
It is bad luck to be superstitious.: Andrew W. Mathis
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.: Vannevar Bush (1890 - 1974)
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Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.: Martin Gardner (1914 - ), "The Mathematical Magic Show"
In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.: Johann von Neumann (1903 - 1957)
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