On Equations VI (Figurative Equations I)

“If equations are trains threading the landscape of numbers, then no train stops at pi.” (Richard Preston)

“Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.” (Alan Turing)

“Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.” (Albert Einstein)

“The idea that the world exists is like adding an extra term to an equation that doesn’t belong there." (Marvin Minsky)

“Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.” (Nikola Tesla, "A Machine to End War”, 1937)

"What truly is logic? Who decides reason? […] It's only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found." (John F Nash Jr)

“Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.” (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

“An engineer thinks that his equations are an approximation to reality. A physicist thinks reality is an approximation to his equations. A mathematician doesn’t care.” (Anon)

“Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.” (Isaac Asimov)