Mathemagical mathematics combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick.

In many cases a dull proof can be supplemented by a geometric analogue so simple and beautiful that the truth of a theorem is almost seen at a glance.

All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.

The last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to be a nonsense tale told by an idiot mathematician.

Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality.

The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general intelligence.

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?

As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun.

In no other branch of mathematics is it so easy for experts to blunder as in probability theory.

The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

Betrayal and dishonor is usually an inside job. Keep it 'sucka-free', loved one!

A flame that flickered, And a soul that whimpered, A candle that blazed, And a fragrance that raised. The flames were fed the same, But one remained diminished, While the other touched vintage!

They say “time is money”. But I want to say “time makes money”. This means time is greater than money.

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him.

Our football belongs to the working class and has the size, nobility and generosity to allow everyone to enjoy it as a spectacle.

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.

The only people who ever called me a rebel were people who wanted me to do what they wanted.

Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in English or math. P.J. O'Rourke