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Quotedb: The Quotations Database

math

769

"There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse, however, is false. Much that can be and is said by words cannot successfully be put into equations, because it is nonsense."

645

"Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales"

"A Brief History of Time"

15

"Statistics have shown that mortality increases in the military during wartime."

324

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

529

"I am one of the unpraised, unrewarded millions without whom Statistics would be a bankrupt science. It is we who are born, who marry, who die, in constant ratios."

US Writer

390

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."

552

"Ninety percent of everything is crap."

350

"... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs."

444

"Between infinite and short there is a big difference."

496

"There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't."

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