Algebra Quotes

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at algebra. I loved science, but I wasn't sure of it.

At the age of 12, I developed an intense interest in mathematics. On exposure to algebra, I was fascinated by simultaneous equations and read ahead of the class to the end of the book.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

The fun little proofs that you can do with algebra - they are sort of like crowd pleasers in a way. Like, the .9 repeating equaling one. It doesn't take a lot of algebra to prove that, and it's really fun. It kind of wows people. It's like they're watching magic happen right before their eyes.

I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics.

Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers.

I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there.

We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.

Algebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.

As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.

When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra.

I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'

Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

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