51 Maths Quotes for You to Enjoy

Maths is like learning a language: you need to learn the basics to get going, but a lot of adults go into blind panic about numbers and switch off. Rachel Riley

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I'm really interested in male and female brains and whether female brains or male brains are better at maths. Rachel Riley

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From my personal experience, because I'm in a relationship, on paper I would never have imagined - I'm an Essex girl, maths geek who likes football, and I've ended up with a Russian ballroom dancer, and I guess the things you think are important, especially when you're younger, turn out not to be. Rachel Riley

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I like being known for being good at maths and having a brain. If I've been asked to do something but it's not relevant to me, I don't do it. I'd feel a bit of an idiot just turning up in a dress. Rachel Riley

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There's no such thing as a 'maths brain.' Anyone can be numerate; it's just a matter of confidence. There are so many opportunities to improve your skills during everyday life, doing even a little a day can make maths feel more familiar and less scary. Rachel Riley

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All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how to do maths and most people would hate it, but for some reason it just came. Rebel Wilson

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I chose to be a maths teacher because I thought the marking would be easy. You'd just tick and cross, whereas if you're an English teacher, you've got to read essays. Then they said I had to analyse the methodology. It takes an eternity, it's insane! Romesh Ranganathan

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Women are not allowed to be polymaths; we're only allowed to do single maths. Sandi Toksvig

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It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science. Serge Haroche

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When I got started in my own engineering course, my interest in physics and maths was very high. After all, engineering is all about applied maths and physics. If I were to learn anything further in physics or mathematics, it simply was not there. Shiv Nadar

The accuracy of Wikipedia can be dodgy in some places, but in maths, it's really quite good. Terence Tao

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I never really get to go to school because I am always on tour or with my father. There is a tutor most of the time, but usually I am working so I never get to do the lessons. The worst thing about maths is all the kids are ahead of me because they go to school. Willow Smith

I've been an entrepreneur, a writer, a food correspondent. I might have been an architect - but I'm bad at maths. Prue Leith

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I sometimes wonder, with the Oxbridge comics, the broadcasters seem to say, at some point, now I trust you to do a documentary, you can be the voice for a maths show, or whatever. I don't think we're ever considered in that way. Bob Mortimer

When I finished my degree I became a physics and maths teacher. And worked in the international school in Brussels, because like many kids, after University I went home going ‘ahhh I don’t know what to do’. I happened to fall upon a job there because they were desperate for a physics teacher which is a common theme among many schools. Layla Moran

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I'm writing a book called 'The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus' about the maths of Christmas: how to set up a secret Santa so it's totally fair; how to decorate your tree mathematically; how to win at Monopoly. Hannah Fry

Most of all, a good maths education encourages students to embrace difficult problems, not shy away from them. In my opinion, the problem is that most UK secondary schools don’t stretch good mathematicians and therefore fail to turn them into excellent mathematicians. Simon Singh

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One of the problems maths struggles with is that it's invisible. We haven't got explosions on our side. Hannah Fry

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