| "I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning." »Plato |
| "Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself." »Sir Arthur Eddington |
| "The ideal engineer is a composite ... He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems." »N. W. Dougherty |
| "The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell." »Saint Augustine |
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