Famous quotes containing the words mathematics and/or contest:
“It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The contest ends at midnight tonight
But you can submit again, and again.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)