Quotes by Mathematicians

Gravity may put the planets into motion, but without the divine Power, it could never put them into such a circulating motion as they have about the Sun; and therefore, for this as well as other reasons, I am compelled to ascribe the frame of this System to an intelligent Agent. Isaac Newton
Power Other Frame Sun System About Could Divine Never Put Well Without Am Motion Intelligent May Ascribe Them Agent Planets Reasons Therefore Compelled Gravity
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. Isaac Newton
Beautiful Most Beautiful Sun System Only Could Counsel Powerful Most Intelligent Dominion Being Proceed Planets
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras
Music Humming Strings Spheres Geometry
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily. Isaac Newton
God Daily Bible Word Those Inspired Written Study Were Who Belief Fundamental
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman. Pythagoras
Good Man Woman Darkness Light Evil Chaos Principle Order Which Created
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have. Rene Descartes
World Matters Sense Other Those Distributed More Habit He Most Fairly Than Common Common Sense Who Even Each Each One Satisfy Hardest Thing Thinks Desiring
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. Carl Friedrich Gauss
Knowledge Learning Possession Greatest Getting Which Act Grants Enjoyment
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Pythagoras
You Will Rest Satisfied Others Talk Well Leave Doing
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Archimedes
Distance Points Between Line Straight Shortest Straight Line Shortest Distance Two
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. Pythagoras
Soul Strong Be Strong Rather Than Body Choose
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Pythagoras
Life Journey Aid Other Ought Road Persevere Friends Happier Who Companions Each
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras
Strength Passion Mind Rests Sobriety Your Reason Keeps
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. Alfred North Whitehead
Death Knowledge Ignorance
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. David Hilbert
Mathematics World Country One Country Boundaries Knows Geographic Cultural Races
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. Isaac Newton
Man Understanding Imagination Apprehension Only He True Understand False May Them Things Imagine
Mathematics is a place where you can do things which you can't do in the real world. Marcus du Sautoy
Mathematics You World Real Where The Real World Real World Place Which Things
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras
Words Thought Those Most Yes Which Shortest Require Oldest
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. Pythagoras
Depression Man Free Drive Control Action Concern Himself Cannot Us Should Who
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Rene Descartes
Thoughts Power Own Nothing Our Except Absolutely
On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Charles Babbage
You Confusion Will Apprehend Machine Rightly Out Kind Able Could Put Wrong Come Ideas Occasions Am Answers Pray Been Question Provoke Asked Figures Right Two
To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. Henri Poincare
Reflection Doubt Believe Everything Solutions Both Equally Convenient Dispense Necessity Two
An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. Isaac Newton
Unless Object Remain Tends Outside Along Force Motion Line Straight Straight Line Acted
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived. Rene Descartes
Confidence Deceived Complete Once Only Never Been Prudent Place Which Even
Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit. Stefan Banach
Beautiful Mathematics Most Beautiful Creation Spirit Powerful Most Most Powerful Human Human Spirit
Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live. Ada Lovelace
Hope Walk Threshold White Live Imagination Worlds Unknown Further Those Par Exact Wings Excellence Termed Fair Learned Sciences Unexplored May Soar Which Commonly Then Means Who Amidst
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human. Alan Turing
Would Could Computer Intelligent Deceive Human Deserve Believing
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