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 (1879-1955) [German physicist]

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

Gauss, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, said that he had them long ago, all he was worrying about was how to reach them!

-- Karl F. Gauss (1777-1855), [German mathematician]

Mathematics contains much that will neither hurt one if one does not know it nor help one if one does know it.

-- J.B. Mencken

Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things, you just get used to them.

-- John von Neumann (1903-1957) [Hungarian/U.S. mathematician and scientist]

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

-- R. Drabek

Quantum mechanics, hmmm. You put a cat in a box, along with a hammer and some poison and a radioactive isotope... I forget exactly how this goes. Anyway, keep some bandages on hand, because I guarantee the cat won't be happy.

-- Jack-Jack Snyder