Famous quotes by Mathematicians

Small: At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged
"At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged"
Charles Babbage, Mathematician
Small: Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language
"Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language"
Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician
Small: Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of
"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them"
Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician
Small: Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a righ
"Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform"
Charles Babbage, Mathematician
Small: The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world the object of pure mathemati
James Joseph Sylvester
"The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the laws of human intelligence"
James Joseph Sylvester, Mathematician
Small: Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field
"Never had any mathematical conversations with anybody, because there was nobody else in my field"
Alonzo Church, Mathematician
Small: Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognitio
"Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands, and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth"
Marston Morse, Mathematician
Small: A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems a better mathematician is one who can see
"A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories"
Stefan Banach, Mathematician
Small: One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective st
"One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars"
Simon Newcomb, Mathematician
Small: I think Veblen had an interest in logic
"I think Veblen had an interest in logic"
Stephen Cole Kleene, Mathematician
Small: Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation he is planning to steal your walking stick or water
"Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock"
William Emerson, Mathematician
Small: I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior
"I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior"
Serge Lang, Mathematician
Small: From a security perspective, if youre connected, youre screwed
"From a security perspective, if you're connected, you're screwed"
Daniel J. Bernstein, Mathematician
Small: One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to kn
"One would have to have completely forgotten the history of science so as to not remember that the desire to know nature has had the most constant and the happiest influence on the development of mathematics"
Henri Poincare, Mathematician
Small: Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations po
"Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men"
Isaac Barrow, Mathematician
Small: In this theater of mans life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on
Pythagoras
"In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Above all things, reverence yourself
Pythagoras
"Above all things, reverence yourself"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: The oldest, shortest words - yes and no - are those which require the most thought
Pythagoras
"The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few
Pythagoras
"Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body
Pythagoras
"Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Virtue is harmony
Pythagoras
"Virtue is harmony"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly
Pythagoras
"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will
Pythagoras
"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard
Pythagoras
"It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself
Pythagoras
"Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself
Pythagoras
"Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself
Pythagoras
"No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peac
Pythagoras
"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres
Pythagoras
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres"
Pythagoras, Mathematician
Small: The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil
Pythagoras
"The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil"
Pythagoras, Mathematician