[T]he more the public is confused, the easier it falls prey to doctrines of pseudo-science which may at some future date recieve the backing of polit…

- Martin Gardner

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?

- Martin Gardner

The computers are not replacing mathematicians; they are breeding them.

- Martin Gardner

Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scient…

- Martin Gardner

The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general …

- Martin Gardner

All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.

- Martin Gardner

If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I am not dismayed by ultimat…

- Martin Gardner

Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-and-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotat…

- Martin Gardner

The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.

- Martin Gardner