John A. Van de Walle quotes
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“Mathematics is much more than computation with pencil and a paper and getting answers to routine exercises. In fact, it can easily be argued that computation, such as doing long division, is not mathematics at all. Calculators can do the same thing and calculators can only calculate they cannot do mathematics.”
-- John A. Van de WalleSource : Melvin Schwartz (2012). “Principles of Electrodynamics”, p.1, Courier Corporation
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“Calculators can only calculate - they cannot do mathematics.”
-- John A. Van de Walle
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“I am not really doing research, just trying to cultivate myself.”
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“One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.”
Source : Alexandre Dumas (2016). “My Memoirs (1802 to 1833)”, p.1444, Library of Alexandria
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Source : Source: blogs.ssrc.org
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”