705 Quotes About Mathematics

In the life of mathematics two plus two makes four; but in the mathematics of life two and two can make five or even three sometimes

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

The contribution of mathematics, and of people, is not computation but intelligence.

The truth about Mathematics is that it is not always true.

But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically.

Scientists and inventors of the USA (especially in the so-called "blue state" that voted overwhelmingly against Trump) have to think long and hard whether they want to continue research that will help their government remain the world's superpower. All the scientists who worked in and for Germany in the 1930s lived to regret that they directly helped a sociopath like Hitler harm millions of people. Let us not repeat the same mistakes over and over again.

If you cannot trust people - trust numbers. Even if they look unbelievable - they never lie.

You know, people think mathematics is complicated. Mathematics is the simple bit. It's the stuff we can understand. It's cats that are complicated. I mean, what is it in those little molecules and stuff that make one cat behave differently than another, or that make a cat? And how do you define a cat? I have no idea.

It is the story that matters not just the ending.