Math Quotes - page 7

John Tate and I were asked by Nature magazine to write an obituary for Alexander Grothendieck. Now he is a hero of mine, the person that I met most deserving of the adjective "genius". I got to know him when he visited Harvard and John, Shurik (as he was known) and I ran a seminar on "s". His devotion to math, his disdain for formality and convention, his openness and what John and others call his naiveté struck a chord with me. (David Mumford)
I have a feeling it is more or less the same part of my brain which does both [math and music]... they speak to the same place, the same aesthetic... View quote
Noam Elkies
The No Child Left Behind Program was an incentive to the schools to get their kids up to snuff on math and science and reading. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes or that comes; in about 30 minutes, it's going to be over and have an ending. So film has become a mathematical solution. And that is boring, because art is not mathematical. View quote
Nicolas Winding Refn
He was god fearing and as spiritualist he paid visits to saints and sadhus, and the Shankaracharya of Sringeri Math conferred on him the title of Desh Ratna. View quote
Shankar Dayal Sharma
I didn't know there were this many math guys," Hale said as they stepped onto the crowded concourse. Kat cleared her throat. "And women," he added. "Math women. View quote
Ally Carter
I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution. View quote
AnnaLynne McCord
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends, and they become more and more logical. I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve. View quote
Asghar Farhadi
The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles. View quote
Beth Broderick
Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math helped me become a good critic of myself, come at writing a little less personally. View quote
Bonnie Jo Campbell
I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.' (Brenda Song)
Yes, I was a big math and computer geek, that's true. I was driven by the scholastic side of things. For me, it was all about what I could do with math and computers. View quote
Brian Acton
I appreciate and enjoy mathematics and science and all that side of things. I definitely have that side of me even though I'm not by any means an expert, but I love reading about physics and math and that kind of stuff. I wish I knew more than I did. I mean, I read books written for laymen, not textbooks or anything. View quote
Chris Parnell
America's demographic shift was obvious to everyone in the 2010 Census - but Republicans stubbornly rejected math, facts, and polls to their electoral peril. While Republicans tailored their platform by and for the pale stale and male, among us, Obama and Democrats are embracing America's diverse mosaic. View quote
Christine Pelosi
Today, over half of China's undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America's undergraduates pursue these schools. View quote
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers. View quote
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined. View quote
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history. View quote
David Chang
Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly. The issues are communication and understanding. All of what typically would've been called the 'soft stuff.' You have to be authentic. You have to be dialed into the soft stuff. View quote
Douglas Conant
I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives. View quote
Danica McKellar
My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself. (Danica McKellar)
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on. View quote
Danica McKellar
Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered. View quote
Danica McKellar
In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math. View quote
Danica McKellar
There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter. View quote
Danica McKellar