Top 1200 Funny Mathematics Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

Mathematics is not a separate entity. It owes a great deal of its power and its beauty to other disciplines.

For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.

In science, technology, engineering and mathematics, men far outnumber women in the classroom and the boardroom.

One of the chief duties of the mathematician in acting as an advisor ... is to discourage ... from expecting too much from mathematics.

No funny stuff in here tonight, you understand?” Dash said, “I assure you I could not contemplate any of your so-called funny stuff seeing as how I have no idea why I’m even here.” Mark scoffed. “You bookish little pervert.” “Thank you, sir!” Dash said brightly.

Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).

The State of Israel must be at the forefront of global science - in physics, in mathematics, in medicine, in biology.

Mathematics is man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought.

I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising.

The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.

I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.

Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.

Actors are a really funny bunch of people, especially the X-Men cast. They're super funny and super nice, and they like to go out and get drinks and dinner and hang out. It's an experience. It's a summer. It's like camp. Everybody gets together and hangs out.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics.

I believe that great success is possible in any field - from music to mathematics to macro trading.

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.

I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.

What reaches an audience is honesty. If you're saying something truthful that's supposed to be a funny line, it's going to be funny. And if it's supposed to be a serious line, it's going to be serious. But, I don't think there's a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it's based in the truth.

This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind."

You want to have the perfect balance of hot and funny on your Instagram, but you never want too much of either... Don't try to add humility to your blatant 'hot' posts through a half-hearted attempt at being funny. You look good; just own it.

Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomena and discovers the secret analogies that unite them.

All the truths of mathematics are linked to each other, and all means of discovering them are equally admissible.

It is obvious that mathematics needs both sorts of mathematicians, theory-builders and problem-solvers.

We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the "Girlfriend in a Coma" is, like, really funny.

On the ostensible exactitude of certain branches of human knowledge, including mathematics. The exactness is a fake.

Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.

I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.

Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.

I believe that great success is possible in any field — from music to mathematics to macro trading.

It would be amazing if we got someone like Sarah Silverman on the show, not having a script and just being herself. That's the best part of doing this show: just having funny people being funny.

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works.

You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.

Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations.

I've just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn't know them, I wouldn't know they were funny from the television. I don't know what it does, it just sucks it away.

People always tell me, 'You should do drama. You should do drama.' Even when I first got an agent, they were like, 'We want to send you out to be dramatic.' And I'm like, 'No. I'm a comedian. I'm funny. I want to do funny stuff.'

All the greatest comedians use comedy and humor to release pain and sadness, and I think that instead of wanting to live within my pain, or live within my sadness, I try to be funny and look at things with a funny view.

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.

I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.

I never failed in mathematics. Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.

To solve math problems, you need to know the basic mathematics before you can start applying it.

It's harder to be funny if you're handsome than if you're very normal-looking. It's just more relatable. You're the underdog. I mean it's funny to see people struggle, and you don't buy that Brad Pitt is struggling, you know that guy could be the most skill-less guy in the world, but if you look like that you will be fine for the rest of your life.

Very little mathematics has direct applications - though fortunately most of it has plenty of indirect ones.

You feel like telling him you're not single in the way that he thinks you're single. After all, you have yourself. I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

This splendid subject [mathematics], queen of all exact sciences, and the ideal and norm of all careful thinking.

I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come up to me today, 'Your father helped my mother die.' You know what I'm saying? He made her laugh 'til she died. My father was always very funny.

Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon.

Mathematics cannot handle physical quantities like density that literally go to infinity.

As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.

One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories.

I know what I look like. I'm not a babe who's automatically going to be the leading-lady type. I think I would always be cast as the friend. I probably tend to look crap more often than I look good. I like messing around and pulling funny faces and doing funny walks.