"Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics"--Siméon Poisson

 

A Random Quotation:

Galilei, Galileo (1564 - 1642)
[The universe] cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word.
Opere Il Saggiatore p. 171.

The Collection

This page points to a collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database by clicking here.

Now, By popular demand, you may download the whole collection at once.
(It's about 243k...83 printed pages or so.)
Follow this link to download the entire collection.

Of course, you may also access the quotations "page by page". They are organized in alphabetic order by the author's last name. Enjoy!

Random Quotation Generator

Follow this link for a random quotation from the collection. The randomizer was written by Jack Siler.

Pat on the back department...

If you have comments, corrections or suggestions, about either the quotations, their sources, or about these pages in general, please email  them to Mark Woodard at Mark.Woodard@furman.edu These pages are located at the mathematics department at Furman University

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