Neither you nor I nor anybody else knows what makes a mathematician tick. It is not a question of cleverness. I know many mathematicians who are far …

- Louis J. Mordell

All I remember about the examination is that there was a question on Sturm's theorem about equations, which I could not do then and cannot do now.

- Louis J. Mordell

There are two reasons why I propose to make myself thoroughly and unashamedly happy by talking about myself. The first is that on several occasions, …

- Louis J. Mordell

When I was at Manchester, where there was a modern swimming pool, I was looked on as a great man, not for so trivial a reason as being an FRS, but be…

- Louis J. Mordell

I am the world's worst good bridge player.

- Louis J. Mordell

Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's an…

- Louis J. Mordell