2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2. —Grabel's Law More about this quote Tags: laws math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “math” Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. —Shakuntala Devi More about this quote Tags: math numbers everywhere Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. —Scott Adams More about this quote Tags: universe math numbers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own. —Thomas Friedman More about this quote Tags: understanding difference logic mistake math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Tags: gambling statistics math lottery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: attention politics time effort math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. —Shakuntala Devi More about this quote Tags: math numbers everywhere Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. —Scott Adams More about this quote Tags: universe math numbers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you five, that is a mistake. But if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you ninety-seven, that is no longer a mistake. The man you are talking to is operating with a wholly different logic from your own. —Thomas Friedman More about this quote Tags: understanding difference logic mistake math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Tags: gambling statistics math lottery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: attention politics time effort math Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email