“For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.” WorldMadeKnownKnowledgeThis WorldMathematicsMathMathematicalMathematics And ScienceMathematical Logic Book:Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2 Source: Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2
“It was gonna be a race [2016] that set a foundation for the Left in the future. But given the math, I didn't think he was gonna make it. And so I started to shift to Hillary [Clinton] and to discussions of the platform and discussions of what to do.” ThinkingLeftGivenRaceFoundationClintonMathDiscussionPlatforms Author:Tom Hayden
“The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination and confirmation, which remains an unbroken record, although Merrick Garland will surpass it in July, if my math is right. Anti-Semitism was definitely not the central reason for the opposition, which tended to focus more on his anti-corporate radicalism, but it was a theme.” IfsReasonWaitingRecordsFocusRemainsHistoricalMathCorporateThemeOppositionJuneJulyResonanceAnti SemitismNominationsUnbrokenConfirmationGarlandsRadicalismLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more drawing classes and talk about what looks best. I want to study math and psychology and physics and all these nerdy things with computers." That was fun and great, but that didn't work out. At the end of high school, I was like, "Uhh, what's easier? Drawing is easier, I'll do that".” WantLooksEndsSchoolFunClassStudyPsychologyCrazyPeriodsEasierComputerHigh SchoolWork OutMathDrawingPhysicsNerdyHigh School Ending Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken when my math teacher said, "You're failing in school, you're messing up, why don't you just try this?" I said, "Alright, let me try it," and I started going to acting classes and I loved it. I thought, "I may not make it but I love doing it."” TryingMaySaidSchoolActingClassTeacherFailingLet MeMathChickensAlrightKentuckyActing ClassesFried ChickenMath TeacherMessing Up Author:John Leguizamo
“When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor, you go and do your thing, and someone else down the line then does all the math and goes, "We can't include that thing where he's pretending to be dumb and needling those people, because it takes a minute and a half, and it ruins the next scene. It doesn't make sense." If you're directing, you're the one doing that.” PeopleIfsDoeMadeReasonGuyNextActorsLinesBehindsHalfMinutesSceneCamerasMathCompromiseRuinsDumbMake SensePretending Author:Casey Affleck
“I was engaged in all the required courses of math and geometry, but the area that I blossomed in was the art program.” ArtCoursesAreasProgramMathEngagedGeometry Author:Paul Smith
“There's a fundamental disconnection in society in the way we live, this way we live that we take so for granted, and we've become very separate from one another and we don't really take lot of time to realize that. And the math is overwhelming to the point of despair, but the answers could be so simple.” WayRealizingSimpleAnswersDespairFundamentalsMathGrantedOverwhelmingDisconnection Author:Amanda Palmer
“Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.” LogicMathReasoningContemplatingMetaphysics Author:Joseph Joubert
“I'm not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety. I have a master's from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this. So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.” WantMastersDramaCapacityEntertainmentMathProfessorsYalePlumberLimelightNotoriety Author:Adam Richman
“Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.” InspirationalInspirationPoetryNeededMathematicsMathMathematicalGeometry Author:Alexander Pushkin
“One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can boast the universal adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to record numbers. In this we perhaps have man's unique worldwide victory of an idea.” ThinkingMenIdeasHardEarthNumbersRecordsVictoryUniqueUniversalMathematicsMathMathematicalCustomsAdoptionBoastNumerals Author:Howard Whitley Eves
“When I was a child I could do math and art, so I had left- and right-brain capabilities. But I've seen my children, who are more right-brained, struggling. My son was told he wouldn't make it to college, but he dogged it through and ended up being accepted by 10 major art schools after the high school advisor said, "Please don't apply. You're going to be disappointed." That kid's an artist now.” ChildrenArtSaidKidsSchoolArtistLeftBrainStruggleCollegeSonPleaseMajorsHigh SchoolMathAcceptedMy ChildrenMy SonDisappointedCapabilityArt SchoolAdvisorsLeft And RightBeing Accepted Author:Frank Gehry
“We met [with Massimo Pupillo] many years ago in the halcyon days of the underground avant-prog math-rock scene when I was playing in Guapo.” YearsRocksMetsSceneYears AgoMathHalcyon Days Author:Daniel O'Sullivan
“Life is a school of probability.” LifeArtPhilosophySchoolLife IsHistoryMathematicsMathMathematicalProbabilitySchool Life Author:Walter Bagehot
“Forcing your spouse to stop doing that bad habit that drives you crazy, or making your kid be better at math or at art or at swimming, or making your parents or your in-laws not be annoying in the way that they're annoying, these are sometimes doomed goals.” WayArtSometimesKidsLawParentGoalCrazyHabitMathSwimmingAnnoyingDoomedSpouseIn-lawsBad Habits Author:Ian Bogost
“I went away to this summer program after my junior year of high school. They used to have this thing called the Governor's School, and they had it for different disciplines - science, math, performing arts. I auditioned and I got accepted, and it was an eight-week program away from home. I went for acting. I was 15, and I turned 16 while I was there, so that was a seminal moment for me. It made me realize the life of it, the discipline of it, and the joy of that discipline, where it was all we did.” YearsArtMadeDifferentMomentsHomeSchoolUsedJoyRealizingActingWeekDisciplineSummerHigh SchoolProgramEightMathAcceptedPerformingGovernorsJuniorsAway From HomePerforming ArtsJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Zachary Quinto
“I grew up as an only child of two parents who had dropped out of high school. They had enormous respect for education and encouraged me as a child when I had strong interests in both math and science, but we really didn't have much by way of educational role modeling in our family.” WayChildrenTwoSchoolStrongParentInterestRolesGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolEducationalMathEnormousOur FamilyRole ModelsModelingOnly ChildMath And Science Author:Dale Jamieson
“I became religious and at 14 went to a boarding school 500 miles from home to begin theological studies. By the time I started university, politics had replaced religion in the economy of my enthusiasms but I had no idea what to study. My boarding school emphasized languages which I was bad at, and deemphasized math and science which I was good at.” IdeasHomeSchoolLanguageReligiousEconomyStudyUniversityMathMilesEnthusiasmNo IdeaReplacedTheologicalMath And Science Author:Dale Jamieson
“A great deal of our math, science, philosophy, and everyday behavior presupposes that stability and equilibria are the "default" states, and everything else involves some "perturbation." This is a mental model, a conceptual frame, a tacit belief, a presupposition - whatever you want to call it.” WantStatesPhilosophyBeliefDealsBehaviorModelsEverydayMathStabilityEquilibriumDefaultTacit Author:Dale Jamieson
“We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.” AssumingMath Author:Cathy O'Neil
“The problem is when you write the album, you record all the instruments, you edit the whole thing and then you have to mix it. You start to get out of touch with the songs and it becomes math.” WritingWholeProblemSongRecordsInstrumentsAlbumsMathEdits Author:Caleb Shomo
“There's spatial intelligence. they're, which end up being, people going into math or music. there's mechanical where you work well with your hands. There's an intelligence with language that would lead someone into writing. So it's not necessarily that you're six years old and you know you're going to be a lawyer Or you're going into tech startups or computers. It's something more elemental than that. It's that this is a skill, a way of thinking that comes naturally to me that I was drawn to and it was very clear in childhood.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingYearsWellsEndsHandsLanguageClearChildhoodSkillsSixComputerMathLawyerWay Of ThinkingElementalsSix Year OldsSpatial Author:Robert Greene
“You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet.” KnowsYearsHumansConditionsMathBrilliantNovelistsHuman Condition Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I studied physics at Princeton when I was a college student, and my initial intention was to major in it but to also be a writer. What I discovered, because it was a very high-powered physics program with its own fusion reactor, was that to keep up with my fellow students in that program I would need to dedicate myself to math and physics all the time and let writing go. And I couldn't let writing go, so I let physics go and became a science fan and a storyteller.” NeedsWritingFansStudentsCollegeMajorsProgramFellowsIntentionMathPhysicsStorytellerInitialsFusionCollege StudentsPrinceton Author:Jon Spaihts
“A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.” WellsDonePlayMath Author:Tom Stoppard
“I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they do that. Anyway, it was always sort of ridiculous, me having anything to do with the youth culture, but now that I'm in my 50s, it's extra-double-ridiculous. They were losing interest in me, and I was losing interest in them. When I went to renegotiate my contract at Rolling Stone, I kind of halfheartedly asked if I could do half the work for half the money, and they asked if I could do two-thirds of the work for half the money. I ran that by my agent, since he can do math.” IfsKindStillsTwoFactsRunningCultureInterestCan DoHalfPiecesNiceYouthLosingStonesThirdsMathRidiculousAgentsRanNot SureExtrasIf I CouldContractsRollingRolling StonesYouth CultureLosing Interest Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“In the end, climate change is a math problem.” EndsProblemClimateClimate ChangeMathMath Problems Author:Bill McKibben
“I went home every night to New Jersey - or most nights - and to help with the six-grade math homework or to make breakfast in the morning, just to make sure that that was there. When I was single and didn't have children, I used to laugh at this notion of quality time.” ChildrenHelpingHomeUsedNightQualityMorningLaughingSixNotionMathGradesBreakfastEvery NightJerseyHomeworkNew JerseyQuality Time Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially.” WritingKidsSchoolMath Author:Megyn Kelly
“I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of time it takes for the damage done by that to wash through our society and our communities, the disadvantages born out of kids being undiagnosed with mental-health problems early, or not getting the kind of exposure to reading and math when they're 4 or 5 or 6 years old, that carries a cost.” MenWantYearsKindDoneProblemKidsReadingBornCommunityJusticeAmountCostMental HealthMathCriminalsAfrican AmericanDamageOur SocietyCarrieExposureDisadvantagesOur CommunityJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemHealth Problems Author:Barack Obama
“More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.” PeopleNeedsYearsAmericaNationsImaginationGreaterAwarenessConcernYears AgoCrisisRaisedMathFiftyLackingGreater GoodMath EducationEducation In AmericaSputnik Author:Katherine Paterson
“Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.” ThinkingYoungGirlBoysMathYoung Ladies Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“You have six math Ph.D. Caucasian gentlemen from the Northeast of the country, great. You put one more in the mix, you haven't added much. It's only when you add something different that you really are able to accomplish more.” DifferentCountryAbleHavensSixAddAccomplishMathGentlemanCaucasian Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“My family tried to educate me in the way they thought a young woman should be. But I wanted to learn about mathmatics. I must have gotten that from my father, he was a master of math and science, and I always liked that sort of thing, too. Of course my mother and father did not agree with me on becoming more educated in mathmatics, but I was persistent and eventualy they gave in and I was taught by a wonderful teacher.” WayShouldWantedYoungMotherCoursesFatherTeacherWonderfulTaughtMastersBecomingMy FamilyAgreeMathEducatedEducateYoung WomenPersistentBecoming MoreMother And FatherMath And ScienceWonderful Teacher Author:Florence Nightingale
“Learning is about much more than science and math. Doing theater, music, and art in school really helps children's minds grow because they're using different parts of their brains. Parents who care should insist on that.” ShouldMindChildrenArtDifferentHelpingCareSchoolGrowsParentBrainTheaterMathWho Cares Author:Julie Taymor
“If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.” PeopleIfsWholeHelpingProgressPlansGroupsTypeDiseaseComputerModelsMedicineInsightMathDrivenInstituteComputer ScienceSeattleMalariaModellingPolio Author:Bill Gates
“All parents want to send their children to the best possible schools. But because a good school is a relative concept, a family cannot achieve its goal unless it outbids similar families for a house in a neighborhood served by such a school. Failure to do so often means having to send your kids to a school with metal detectors at the front entrance and students who score in the 20th percentile in reading and math. Most families will do everything possible to avoid having to send their kids to a school like that. But because of the logic of musical chairs, they're inevitably frustrated.” WantMeanChildrenKidsSchoolReadingHouseParentGoalAchieveFrontsStudentsConceptsLogicMusicalMathScoreChairsNeighborhoodRelativeMetalsFrustratedEntrancesGood SchoolMetal Detectors Author:Robert H. Frank
“I knew I wanted to be a writer from as far back as I can remember. That was my talent. Lord knows it wasn't math.” KnowsI CanWantedRememberLordTalentMath Author:Kevin Maney
“America ranks 21st when it comes to math education. We rank 25th when it comes to science. We used to be number one in the proportion of college graduates. We now rank ninth. And at an age where knowledge, skills, are the determinant of how successful we're going to be, unless we reverse that we're going to keep slipping behind economically to a lot of other countries.” CountryAgeAmericaUsedNumbersBehindsSuccessfulCollegeSkillsMathUsed To BeProportionGraduatesOther CountriesReverseSlippingCollege GraduatesMath Education Author:Barack Obama
“I want every math teacher to know math. I want every science teacher to have expertise in science. I want them to know how to inspire and engage young people.” PeopleKnowsWantYoungKnow HowTeacherInspireMathExpertiseMath TeacherScience Teacher Author:Barack Obama
“I didn't think I was good at anything, didn't do well in school. And then in the third grade, I was going to a public school. And the teacher was putting math problems on the board. And I said to myself - it's amazing how you can remember certain incidents at any age that made an impression - I asked myself why is she putting those up when the answers are obvious. And then I saw it wasn't obvious to anybody else in the class. So I said, "Hey, I'm good at something."” ThinkingWellsMadeSaidProblemAgeSchoolRememberCertainAnswersClassSawsTeacherThirdsObviousMathImpressionHeyBoardsGradesPublic SchoolIncidentsThird GradeMath Problems Author:Charles Koch
“The ways in which acquired savants show up are usually the same ways that congenital, or non-acquired, savant syndrome shows up. They tend to show up in the same areas: music, art, math, visual, spatial skills, and calendar calculating, although calendar calculating probably isn't quite as prominent in that group. They tend to show up quite quickly, or sort of explode on the scene and they then tend to have an obsessive sort of forceful quality about them in the same way as savant skills. So they tend to show up in the same ways.” WayArtShowsQualityGroupsSceneSkillsAreasMathVisualsObsessiveCalendarsProminentSyndromesCalculatingSpatialSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the same thing with math, and the same thing with art. You'll find people who are geniuses, or prodigies at the far end of the bell shaped curve, and I think you will find some of the acquired savants in that category who happened to have been endowed with that kind of talent, which explains why not everyone becomes an acquired savant.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensArtEndsAbleFallHappenedMiddleTalentGeniusExtremesMathWhy NotCategoriesBellsCurvesProdigiesSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“I think the films and the paintings erase each other. The paintings are extremely slow and constantly going on in the studio - they're constantly regenerating themselves in this slow, monotonous way that's a physical struggle and can be a pain in the ass. They're all based on very specific math and diagrams. And the films, when I'm making them, are very fast, very collaborative, with a lot of improvisation.” ThinkingWayPainFilmStrugglePaintingStudiosMathAssEraseImprovisationMonotonousDiagrams Author:Sarah Morris
“I'm a biologist, so... Which I think should be mandatory. Biology should be mandatory. Mathematics? They say we don't know enough about math and science. Well we don't know enough about science and particularly biology, which is such a huge field.” ThinkingKnowsShouldWellsEnoughFieldsHugeMathematicsMathBiologyBiologistMath And Science Author:Greg Graffin
“I don't know anything about making movies. I'd never been on a film set. I'm really kind of an idiot when it comes to figuring out where objects are in space. If they're both moving, I can't do the math. If you ever see me driving down a road, go somewhere else quickly.” IfsKnowsKindI CanFilmMovingSpaceObjectsMathDrivingIdiotSomewhere ElseFilm Set Author:Tony Kushner
“This will sound like I grew up on another planet, except for those people who are past 55, 60 maybe. When I was growing up, my mother and her generation basically felt that you should only work as a way of passing time until you got married and had at least two children. And the only careers that were open for women at the time was teacher or nurse - which are fantastic careers, I mean fantastic and I actually am a former math teacher.” PeopleWayShouldMeanChildrenTwoPastMotherFeltSoundCareersGrowing UpTeacherGrowingGenerationsPlanetsGrewMarriedGrew UpMathPassingPassingsFormerFantasticNurseMath Teacher Author:Sherry Lansing
“The real truth - like anything, you have an idea about something you might write and it changes. People reflect on it or you get other ideas and maybe your original idea is radically different than how it ends up being. It's not a theorem. You don't sit down and prove something. You start with an initial idea and it grows and grows. The math of the narrative changes. In some ways your original document and what the film ends up being are quite different.” PeopleWritingDifferentRealFilmProveMath Author:Matt Ross