Ice T Quotes

It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.

For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.

When I was in school, my favorite subject was math. I took algebra and calculus. At an early age I grasped it and understood it quickly. I just enjoyed breaking the codes and solving problems.

Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work.

One factor that has remained constant through all the twists and turns of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of the mathematical imagination.

The world operates by number, by physical laws, expressed mathematically. If you know these, you will have a better grasp of things. And some possible job skills.

I continued to do arithmetic with my father, passing proudly through fractions to decimals. I eventually arrived at the point where so many cows ate so much grass, and tanks filled with water in so many hours. I found it quite enthralling.

My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.

Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.

The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened

... mathematics is the science of skillful operations with concepts and rules invented just for this purpose.

...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation and the use of logarithms are often of value in ordinary cases: but all beyond these is but a luxury; a delicious luxury indeed; but not be in indulged in by one who is to have a profession to follow for his subsistence.

Math research is more like a marathon.

What interests me is the connection between maths and the real world.

I love that once you know the basic rules of maths, you can do whatever you want with it.

I remember having this vague idea that what mathematicians did was that some authority, someone, gave them problems to solve, and they just sort of solved them.

I still remember the realization in college at Flinders University in Australia that mathematics was not just an abstract game of symbols but could be used as a tool to analyze and understand the modern world.

Mathematicians are stiff abstract guys. They'll tell you they don't need the physical world. But then when I show them my bubbles they're like little children.

I think math is exciting, you know.

You have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math.

Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.

I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics.

Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines.

Mathematics is not the rigid and rigidity-producing schema that the layman thinks it is; rather, in it we find ourselves at that meeting point of constraint and freedom that is the very essence of human nature.

What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but to assimilated as a part of daily thought, and brought again and again before the mind with ever-renewed encouragement.