There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else -- but persistent.

Quote by Raoul Bott

Topics: Funny Quotes, Math Quotes

Women are like elephants to me: nice to look at, but I wouldn't want to...

Women are like elephants to me: nice to look at, but I wouldn't want to...

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

I've got seven kids, the three words you hear most around my house are: Hello,...

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?'...

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?'...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

If eating left over pizza for breakfast is wrong, I don't wanna be right!

If eating left over pizza for breakfast is wrong, I don't wanna be right!

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

That risky naked trip...from the bathroom to your bedroom.

That risky naked trip...from the bathroom to your bedroom.

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

Soul of the Age! The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise;...

Nothing more cheerful than talking about our friends shortcomings.

Nothing more cheerful than talking about our friends shortcomings.

Left hand, right hand, it doesnt matter. Im amphibious.

Left hand, right hand, it doesnt matter. Im amphibious.

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you...

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be...

We used to play spin the bottle when I was a kid. A girl would...

We used to play spin the bottle when I was a kid. A girl would...

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.