Theorems Quotes

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.