"No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an "improper fraction." They're EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact same numbers and have the exact same properties. Who uses such words outside of fourth grade?"

--

Paul Lockhart

#Math Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Use Quotes

“I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.”
“I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction cinema terms and I think I tried to apply those ideas to documentaries and not vice versa.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man. Excellence in any art or profession is attained only by hard and persistent work. Never believe that you are perfect. When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.”
“As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of none.”
“As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty - as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today - our nation will remain free and strong.”
“The War on Drugs, cloaked in race-neutral language, offered whites opposed to racial reform a unique opportunity to express their hostility toward blacks and black progress, without being exposed to the charge of racism.”

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.54, The New Press
“Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.”

Source : The IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 26, 2005.
“Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.”

You may also like:

Keith Devlin
Mathematician
Martin Gardner
Science writer
Timothy Gowers
Mathematician
Saharon Shelah
Mathematician