Paul Erdős quotes

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. (Paul Erdős)
My brain is open! View quote
Paul Erdős
Finally I am becoming stupider no more. View quote
Paul Erdős
God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers. View quote
Paul Erdős
Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education. View quote
Paul Erdős
Some French socialist said that private property was theft ... I say that private property is a nuisance. View quote
Paul Erdős
If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is. View quote
Paul Erdős
It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time. View quote
Paul Erdős
The first sign of senility is that a man forgets his theorems, the second sign is that he forgets to zip up, the third sign is that he forgets to zip down. View quote
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Another roof, another proof. View quote
Paul Erdős
The SF created us to enjoy our suffering. ... The sooner we die, the sooner we defy His plans. (Paul Erdős)
Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack. View quote
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We'll continue tomorrow - if I live. View quote
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This one's from the Book! View quote
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I'm not competent to judge. But no doubt he was a great man. View quote
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And the aim is to keep the SF's score low. View quote
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I don't claim that this is correct, or that God exists, but it is just sort of half a joke. View quote
Paul Erdős
Proof and conjecture, and keep the SF's score low. View quote
Paul Erdős
Property is a nuisance. View quote
Paul Erdős
I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave. View quote
Paul Erdős
SF means Supreme Fascist - this would show that God is bad. I don't claim that this is correct, or that God exists, but it is just sort of half a joke. ... As a joke I said, "What is the purpose of Life?" "Proof and conjecture, and keep the SF's score low." Now, the game with the SF is defined as follows: If you do something bad the SF gets at least two points. If you don't do something good which you could have done, the SF gets at least one point. And if nothing - if you are okay, then no one gets any point. And the aim is to keep the SF's score low. (Paul Erdős)