mathematical humor Quotes

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

When I do the dodecahedron with the science audiences, I'll point out that I can only do three of the five forms with bubbles, since bubbles only join at three-way corners. The two I can't do are the ones that represent water and air. That always gets a big laugh from the mathematicians. They see the irony in it.

I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable.

As a graduate of the Zsa Zsa Gabor School of Creative mathematics, I honestly do not know how old I am.

What's your angle?" I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding. "Isosceles," Jack quipped.

And what is the greatest number? Number one.

I'm kinda tired. I was up all night trying to round off infinity. Then I got bored and went out and painted passing lines on curved roads.

A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.

We decided that 'trivial' means 'proved'. So we joked with the mathematicians: We have a new theorem- that mathematicians can prove only trivial theorems, because every theorem that's proved is trivial.

Base eight is just like base ten really, if you're missing two fingers.