[A mathematician is a]
[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle. Evan Esar
Funny Mathematics
Even stranger things have
Even stranger things have happened; and perhaps the strangest of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes. Eric Temple Bell
Obvious is the most
Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics. Eric Temple Bell
The hardest arithmetic to
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer
The cowboys have a
The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can neither move nor think. This is the hog-tie, and it is what Euclid did to geometry. Eric Bell
The mathematics are distinguished
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and can never recede. Edward Gibbon
If a man\’s wit
If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. Francis Bacon
If a man\’s wit
If a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. Francis Bacon
Mathematics is a game
Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. David Hilbert
As long as algebra
As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. Cokie Roberts