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
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
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
Small: Everything is self-evident
"Everything is self-evident"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Small: Silence is better than unmeaning words
Pythagoras
"Silence is better than unmeaning words"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Reason is immortal, all else mortal
Pythagoras
"Reason is immortal, all else mortal"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare
"Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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
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
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
Small: He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has
"He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart"
William Kingdon Clifford, Mathematician
Small: Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life
Pythagoras
"Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: A thought is an idea in transit
Pythagoras
"A thought is an idea in transit"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: I think therefore I am
"I think; therefore I am"
Rene Descartes, Mathematician
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
Small: We build too many walls and not enough bridges
Isaac Newton
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges"
Isaac Newton, Mathematician
Small: We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done
Alan Turing
"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done"
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Small: Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition
Alan Turing
"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition"
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Small: I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so mu
Alan Turing
"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted"
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Small: A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human
Alan Turing
"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human"
Alan Turing, Mathematician
Small: When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial
"When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false"
Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
Small: To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly w
"To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years"
Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
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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