Chris Rock Quotes

Math is the only place where truth and beauty mean the same thing.

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics.

When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

You can't argue with the truth.

Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.

Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.

But facts always convince, and another man's opinion rarely convinces.

All science requires mathematics.

I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.

There are no sects in geometry.

We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.

I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others.

All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon.

A belief may be larger than a fact.

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

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

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

I am not arguing with you - I am telling you.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.