If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
- Vannevar BushMusic is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
- Claude DebussyAlgebra is the metaphysics of arithmetic.
- John RayThe analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
- Andre Leon TalleyThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic.
- Bertrand Russell