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Pythagorean Theorem Quotes

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

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

Pythagoras
Wisdom, Communication, Pythagorean Theorem

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

Pythagoras
Math, Ideas, Pythagorean Theorem

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

Ronald Fisher
Science, Pythagorean Theorem, Analysis
"Statistics in agricultural research". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 1934.

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

Shaquille O'Neal
Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem, Perfect

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

Shaquille O'Neal
Motivational, Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem

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, Pythagorean Theorem, Answers

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

Shaquille O'Neal
Motivational, Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem
Interview with Tracy Stevens, www.ign.com. March 25, 2005.

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, Pythagorean Theorem

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

Shaquille O'Neal
Pythagorean Theorem, One Day, Negative

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
Pythagorean Theorem, Challenges, Guilt
"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.

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

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