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Famous quotes by Mathematicians

MathematiciansMathematicians have actually long been revered for their ability to address intricate troubles and also discover concealed truths. From ancient Greek thinkers to contemporary scientists, mathematicians have actually supplied us with a riches of knowledge and understanding. Right here are a few of the most inspiring quotes from mathematicians throughout background, supplying insight into the power of maths and its prospective to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Small: As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom
Pythagoras
"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us"
E. T. Bell, Mathematician
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Small: On two occasions I have been asked, Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the rig
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question"
Charles Babbage, Mathematician
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Small: There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, dark
Pythagoras
"There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: Errors are not in the art but in the artificers
Isaac Newton
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction
Isaac Newton
"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing
"You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Everything is self-evident
"Everything is self-evident"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy
Max Born
"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy"
Max Born, Mathematician
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Small: Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis
"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis"
Pierre Laplace, Mathematician
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Small: A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed
"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post morte
"To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of"
Ronald Fisher, Mathematician
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Small: It is not worth an intelligent mans time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people
G. H. Hardy
"It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that"
G. H. Hardy, Mathematician
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Small: Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few
Pythagoras
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy
Isaac Newton
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people
Isaac Newton
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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Small: Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe
"Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe"
Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician
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Small: Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin
"Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin"
John von Neumann, Mathematician
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Small: Silence is better than unmeaning words
Pythagoras
"Silence is better than unmeaning words"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake t
"Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious"
Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician
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Small: It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious
"It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious"
Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician
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Small: The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man
David Hilbert
"The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man"
David Hilbert, Mathematician
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Small: Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit
"Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit"
Stefan Banach, Mathematician
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Small: Reason is immortal, all else mortal
Pythagoras
"Reason is immortal, all else mortal"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
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Small: One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosophe
"One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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Small: We build too many walls and not enough bridges
Isaac Newton
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
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