Math Quotations

A collection of favorite funny math quotes from all over. We will start with funny math quotes that defines what is infinity, classification and what is lfe.. More funny math quotes can be found from our Math Trivia pages.

Infinity

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. –- Albert Einstein

"The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind." -- James Pierpont

"The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man." -- David Hilbert

"[Paradoxes of the infinite arise] only when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited;" -- Galileo Galilei

"The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated." -- Edward Kasner and James Newman

"God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets." -- Gian Carlo Rota

Classification

“Classification of mathematical problems as linear and nonlinear is like classification of the Universe as bananas and non-bananas.”

“There are two groups of people in the world; those who believe that the world can be divided into two groups of people, and those who don't.”

“There are three kinds of people in the world; those who can count and those who can't.”

“There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary math, and those who don't.”

There are two groups of people in the world; those who believe that the world can be divided into two groups of people, and those who don't.

There are two groups of people in the world: those who can be categorized into one of two groups of people, and those who can't.

I've heard that the government wants to put a tax on the mathematically ignorant. Funny, I thought that's what the lottery was! -- Gallagher

Life is …

‘Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary components.”

"Life is too short for long division."

"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction." – Tolstoy

"The arithmetic of life does not always have a logical answer."-- Inshirah Abdur-Rauf

"A few honest men are better than numbers." -- Oliver Cromwell

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." -- John Adams

"Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio."-- Thomas Robert Malthus

"Life is good for only two things: discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics." -- Simeon Poisson

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