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Mathematics Quotes/ Jokes /Puns

"God geometrizes" says Plato.

Biologists think they are biochemists,

Biochemists think they are Physical Chemists,

Physical Chemists think they are Physicists,

Physicists think they are Gods,

And God thinks he is a Mathematician.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. (Plato)

The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns which it is composed. It is
written in the language of mathematics..."

Galilei Galileo

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality,


they are not certain; and as far as they are certain,
they do not refer to reality..
Albert Einstein

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is

an easier problem you can't solve: find it."

George Polya

An chemist, a physicist, and a mathematician are stranded on an island when a can of food rolls ashore.
The chemist and the physicist comes up with many ingenious ways to open the can. Then suddenly the
mathematician gets a bright idea: "Assume we have a can opener ..."

When a statistician passes the airport security check, they discover a bomb in his bag. He explains.
"Statistics shows that the probability of a bomb being on an airplane is 1/1000. However, the chance
that there are two bombs at one plane is 1/1000000. So, I am much safer..."

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

A: The answer is trivial and is left as an exercise for the reader.

Math is like love; a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

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