Pythagorean Theorem Quotes

• Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.

  Johannes Kepler

  Mean, Math, Jewels

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• Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

  Pythagoras

  Wisdom, Communication, Silence

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• There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Answers, Planning

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• Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.

  Pythagoras

  Math, Ideas, Numbers

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• Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Basketball, Answers

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• That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Games, People

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• I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Funny, Basketball, Money

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• I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Basketball, Numbers

  Interview with Tracy Stevens, www.ign.com. March 25, 2005.

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• The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.

  Ronald Fisher

  Science, Analysis, Mathematics

  "Statistics in agricultural research". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 1934.

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• Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  One Day, Negative

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• Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Perfect, Shooting

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• We live in a society where we're not taught how to deal with our weaknesses and frailties as human beings. We're not taught how to speak to our difficulties and challenges. We're taught the Pythagorean theorem and chemistry and biology and history. We're not taught anger management. We're not taught dissolution of fear and how to process shame and guilt. I've never in my life ever used the Pythagorean theorem!

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Challenges, Guilt, Taught

  "Iyanla Vanzant interview for fourth season of ‘Iyanla: Fix My Life’ returning Sept. 6". Interview with Rodney Ho, radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com. September 6, 2014.

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• Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths, sitting on a cosmic shelf next to the Pythagorean theorem just waiting to be discovered by Platonic reasoners? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings?

  Jonathan Haidt

  Believe, Rights, People

  Jonathan Haidt (2012). “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”, p.32, Vintage

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