Motivational Maths Quotes & Sayings

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating ... even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. — Herbert Simon

Living was a sad and empty thing — E.E. Holmes

I've always loved just learning stuff for its own sake. Just to be smarter about the world around me. — Cory Doctorow

Since when," he asked,
"Are the first line and last line of any poem
Where the poem begins and ends? — Seamus Heaney

The math-powered applications powering the data economy were based on choices made by fallible human beings. Some of these choices were no doubt made with the best intentions. Nevertheless, many of these models encoded human prejudice, misunderstanding, and bias into the software systems that increasingly managed our lives. Like gods, these mathematical models were opaque, their workings invisible to all but the highest priests in their domain: mathematicians and computer scientists. Their verdicts, even when wrong or harmful, were beyond dispute or appeal. And they tended to punish the poor and the oppressed in our society, while making the rich richer. — Cathy O'Neil

He has Van Gogh's ear for music. — Billy Wilder

Money can't change who we are. All — Anthony Robbins

At their root, the key and the Confessor both authenticate the truth. The Confessor's power would force the subject to reveal the truth, while all of the coded alignments of the key involve proofing it against reality. Reality is truth. Therefore, both the Confessor and the key need the same formulas to initiate their ultimate function. — Terry Goodkind

Love sends a man half way around the world ...
Just for the hope of catching it. — Jonathan Hickman