Johnny Ball Quotes

Johnny Ball — British Entertainer born on May 23, 1938,

Johnny Ball is an English television personality, a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball... (wikipedia)

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.

If mathematics is to be understood widely, we need to emphasise its elegance and its applications. Sometimes it seems that universities want to emphasise how difficult it is!

There isn't a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn't have a second job, for when there is no wind.

There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.

The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.

Johnny Ball Quotes

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