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The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.  ~S. Gudder

Mathematics is the Queen of Science, and Arithmetic the Queen of Mathematics. ~C. F. Gauss

If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.  ~Phil Pastoret


Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.  ~J. H. Poincare

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. ~Mickey Mouse
 
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.  ~Carl Sandburg

Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.  ~Carl Sandburg, "Arithmetic"


Can you do Division?  Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?  ~Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass


Math is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.
~Anonymous
  
It is easier to square a circle than to get round a mathematician. ~Augustus De Morgan
 
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.   -Elbert Hubbard
 
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.  -Mary Kay Ash 
 
I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.  -Thomas A. Edison

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself      -Plato
All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go.   -Norman Vincent Peale  
 
The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.  -Keanu Reeves
Good is not good, where better is expected.   -Thomas Fuller
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success. -William J. H. Boetcker
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.  -Thomas Jefferson
Good is not good, where better is expected.  -Thomas Fuller
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.   -Ben Hogan, Golfer
If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.   -William Feather
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.   -Kenny Rogers
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.   -Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's never crowded along the extra mile.    -Dr. Wayne Dyer
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.  -James Thurber
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.  -Alan Saporta
Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.   -Native American Proverb 
 
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.  -Jean Toomer 
 
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Ha Ha   Just for LaughMath Guy



Person 1: Knock Knock!

Person 2: Who’s there?
Person 1: Adam
Person 2: Adam who?
Person 1: Add them up. 2+2=4!

Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7?
A: Because 7 8 9...
  
Q: Why didn't the quarter roll down the hill with the nickel?
A: Because it had more cents.

Question: Why didn’t 4 like 5?

Answer: Because he was odd! 
 
Q: Why was the math book sad?
A: Because it had too many problems.

Q: What kind of meals do math teachers eat?
A: Square meals!

Q: Teacher: Now class, whatever I ask, I want you to all answer at once. How much is six plus 4?
A: Class: At once!

Q: Why didn't the two 4's want any dinner?
A: Because they already 8!

Q: What is a butterfly's favorite subject at school?
A: Mothematics.

Q: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin Pi!

Q: What did 0 say to the number 8?
A: Nice belt.
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