Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. – Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World Category: Math
It is not the job of mathematicians… to do correct arithmetical operations. It is the job of bank accountants. – Samuil Shchatunovski Category: Math
If a healthy minded person takes an interest in science, he gets busy with his mathematics and haunts the laboratory. – W.S. Franklin Category: Math
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, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Category: Math
Whats the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? – Marilyn Monroe Category: good