Algebra Quotes - Page 8

• On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra.

  Brian Patten

  Mind, Poet, Mathematics

  Brian Patten (2007). “Selected Poems”, ePenguin

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• No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Writing, Discovery, Language

  Benjamin Disraeli (1875). “Collected Edition of the Novels and Tales”, p.17

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• Math just wasn't my favorite. I didn't get how important math is and how it relates to real life. That's why I think I was turned off to it. Once I got down arithmetic and a little bit of algebra, I think I checked out. As I've gotten older, I think there's a lot more relation to math. English was my favorite subject.

  Adam Rodriguez

  Real, Math, Thinking

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• You don't learn algebra with your blessed soul. Can't you look at it with your clear simple wits?

  D. H. Lawrence

  Blessed, Simple, Soul

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Book House)”, p.465, Book House

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