Paul Erdos quotes
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“It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "The indivisible man" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2003.
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“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.”
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“God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.”
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“It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos". Book by Bruce Schechter, 1998.
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“The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.”
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“I'll tell you once, and I'll tell you again. There's always a prime between n and 2n.”
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“Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.”
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“Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten”
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“Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "Ramsey Theory". Ronald L. Graham and Joel H. Spencer, "Scientific American", July 1990.
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“Another roof, another proof.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "A Tribute to Paul Erdos". Book edited by Alan Baker, Bela Bollobas and Andras Hajnal, December 13, 1990.
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“When I was a child, the Earth was said to be two billion years old. Now scientists say it's four and a half billion. So that makes me two and a half billion.”
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“Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.”
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“Some French socialist said that private property was theft ... I say that private property is a nuisance.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth". Book by Paul Hoffman, 1998.
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“A Mathematician is someone who can take a cup of coffee and turn it into a theory.”
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“You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.”
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“God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here.”
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“Végre nem butulok tovább (I've finally stopped getting dumber).”
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“Finally I am becoming stupider no more.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections". Book by Varadaraja Raman, June 2005.
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“Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.”
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“There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.”
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“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.”
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“If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is.”
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“Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.”
-- Paul ErdosSource : "Comic Sections: The Book of Mathematical Jokes, Humour, Wit, and Wisdom". Book by Des MacHale, 1993.
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