Arithmetic quotes and words of wisdom

"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random numbers is, of course, in a state of sin."
John Louis von Neumann


"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."
John Von Neumann


"Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes."
Mickey Mouse


"God does arithmetic."
Karl Friedrich Gauss


"If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability."
Vannevar Bush


"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing."
Mignon McLaughlin


"No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also."
Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare."
René Descartes


"Round numbers are always false."
Samuel Johnson


"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
Eric Hoffer


"Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life."
Bertrand Russell


Interesting Quotes

The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.Isaac Asimov - US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.George S. Patton - US general (1885 - 1945)