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Albert EinsteinSince the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecI don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Albert EinsteinDo not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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René DescartesFor me, everything in nature is mathematics.

—  René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher

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Blaise PascalNature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Albert EinsteinIn so far as theories of mathematics speak about reality, they are not certain, and in so far as they are certain, they do not speak about reality.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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H.L. MenckenIt is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Arthur KoestlerMen cannot be treated as units in operations of political arithmetic because they behave like the symbols for zero and the infinite, which dislocate all mathematical operations.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

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Nikola TeslaIf you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

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Albert EinsteinEquations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Alfred North WhiteheadIt is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense.

—  Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician

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Alfred North WhiteheadThe point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.

—  Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician

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Arthur KoestlerPhysics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

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Vladimir NabokovThe only real number is one, the rest are mere repetition.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Peter DruckerThere are no creeds in mathematics.

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

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Albert EinsteinGod does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Thomas CarlyleIt is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the center of gravity of the universe.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Bertrand RussellMathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty –a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellPhysics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little: it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Gustave FlaubertPoetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Theodore AdornoWhen all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

Arthur KoestlerNobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. 25 centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Arthur KoestlerWe find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies — such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

James BarrieWhat is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Funny Quotes

Marcel AchardWomen have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price of their clothes, and always add at least five years to the age of their best friend.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

Ancient Greek

PlatoGod always geometrizes.

Αεί ο θεός γεωμετρεί.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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ArchimedesDo not disturb my circles!

Μη μου τους κύκλους τάραττε.

—  Archimedes, 287-212 BC, Ancient Greek mathematician & inventor

     (his last words to the Roman soldier who killed him)

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Let no one untrained in geometry enter.

Αγεωμέτρητος μηδείς εισίτω.

—  Motto over the entrance to Plato's Academy

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EucliidThere is no royal road to geometry.

Μη είναι βασιλικήν ατραπόν επί γεωμετρίαν.

—  Eucliid, 4th-3rd cent. BC, Greek mathematician, the “father of geometry”

     (his answer to the king of Egypt Ptolemy, who asked for a shorter way to learn Geometry)

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