Comparison/mathematics

Famous quotes containing the words comparison and/or mathematics:

    Most parents aren’t even aware of how often they compare their children. . . . Comparisons carry the suggestion that specific conditions exist for parental love and acceptance. Thus, even when one child comes out on top in a comparison she is left feeling uneasy about the tenuousness of her position and the possibility of faring less well in the next comparison.
    Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)

    I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
    John Adams (1735–1826)