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What do I like about math? , When I've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. Kind of like, everything fits where it belongs.
- Haruki Murakami

If you're not a flaming Filipino dancing queen, they never, ever expect the Asian guy to be asking about gay sex. They always figure you want to talk about math. Or the violin.
- David Levithan

But that can never be," said Milo, jumping to his feet.
"Don't be too sure," said the child patiently, "for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that many of the things which can never be, often are. You see," he went on, "it's very much like your trying to reach Infinity. You know that it's there, but you just don't know where but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.
- Norton Juster

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
- Sofia Kovalevskaya

When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'
- Danica Mckellar

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college.
- Danica Mckellar

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
- Danica Mckellar

I can become very emotional about math, although I'm not that good at it.
- Elizabeth Moon

The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.
- James Newman

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