Archive for the ‘Quote’ Category

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Friday, March 12th, 2010

If you’re robbing a bank and you’re pants fall down, I think it’s okay to laugh and to let the hostages laugh too, because, come on, life is funny. - Jack Handy

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Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Black holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.  - Unknown

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics. - Eric Temple Bell

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.  - John von Neumann

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Monday, March 8th, 2010

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. - Konrad Lorenz

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Mathematics must be written into the mind, not read into it. “No head for mathematics” nearly always means “Will not use a pencil.” - Arthur Latham Baker

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Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. - Oscar Wilde

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. - John von Neumann

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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems - Paul Erdös

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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. - Max Wilhelm Dehn