Paul Erdos Sayings

#1. Paul Erdos has a theory that God has a book containing all the theorems of mathematics with their absolutely most beautiful proofs, and when he wants to express particular appreciation of a proof he exclaims, "This is from the book!"

Ross Honsberger

#2. Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.

Paul Erdos

#3. The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove.

Paul Erdos

#4. Another roof, another proof.

Paul Erdos

#5. Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper

Paul Erdos

#6. Here I am: My brain is open.

Paul Erdos

#7. My brain is open.

Paul Erdos

#8. Property is a nuisance.

Paul Erdos

#9. Finally I'm becoming stupider no more.

Paul Erdos

#10. You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book.

Paul Erdos

#11. Some French socialist said that private property was theft ... I say that private property is a nuisance.

Paul Erdos

#12. It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time.

Paul Erdos

#13. If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is.

Paul Erdos

#14. There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

Paul Erdos

#15. God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here.

Paul Erdos

#16. There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.

Paul Erdos

#17. A Mathematician is someone who can take a cup of coffee and turn it into a theory.

Paul Erdos

#18. I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave.

Paul Erdos

#19. When Euler died, he simply said I am finished and collapsed, to which someone in the audience muttered darkly" Another conjecture of Euler is proved

Paul Erdos

#20. Why are numbers beautiful? It's like asking why is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony beautiful.
If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful.
If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.

Paul Erdos

#21. Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.

Paul Erdos

#22. A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems

Paul Erdos

#23. The SF [Supreme Fascist, i.e. God] created us to enjoy our suffering. The sooner we die, the sooner we defy His plans.

Paul Erdos

#24. When I was a child, the Earth was said to be two billion years old. Now scientists say it's four and a half billion. So that makes me two and a half billion.

Paul Erdos

#25. Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.

Paul Erdos

#26. God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers.

Paul Erdos

#27. It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.

Paul Erdos

#28. Finally I am becoming stupider no more.

Paul Erdos

#29. I'll tell you once,
and I'll tell you again.
There's always a prime
between n and 2n.

Paul Erdos

#30. Mathematics is the surest way to immortality. If you make a big discovery in mathematics, you will be remembered after everyone else will be forgotten

Paul Erdos