29 Best Quotes by American Actress Danica McKellar

I never had little brothers so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what ‘pull my finger’ meant the hard way.

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren’t usually interested in application because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It’s structures and patterns and that’s what we love and that’s what we get off on.

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren’t usually interested in application because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It’s structures and patterns and that’s what we love and that’s what we get off on.

It’s such a diversion to be constantly thinking of better ways I can teach people math that my hunger is for that really for new ways of translating the beauty of it.

Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves down and that’s going to attract the wrong kind of guy and it’s serious. It’s serious business.

Believe it or not lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.

I didn’t think that college math was for me. I didn’t think I’d be able to hack it. And that perception of math not being for girls not being for girls who see themselves as socially well adjusted has got to change.

It’s really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes he opens it and signs his name and done.

When I was little we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We’d play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He’d read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.

Believe it or not lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.

I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous which is acting and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics and I think math is the cat’s meow.

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it’s too late by college.

Look at Jessica Simpson. She’s famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe and she actually wasn’t that dumb but that’s how she was perceived – and that’s what got popular.

I wasn’t in school often enough to really belong to a ‘clique’ but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about I really believe that we become like the people we’re surrounded by so I choose my friends carefully!

I tell students that even if they don’t like math right now they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool – a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career but that also builds self-confidence no matter what they choose to do with their lives.

Students never think it can be the teacher’s fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn’t do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it’s how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

When you do take the home pregnancy test it doesn’t quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound it’s so incredible.

Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high though I hit a stumbling block with math – I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.

I exercise at home – light cardio and yoga.

I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural no interventions. Wish me luck.

I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural no interventions. Wish me luck.

If anyone tells you it’s impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math well they can just get in line behind you – and kiss your math.

I played Winnie Cooper on ‘The Wonder Years’ from ages 12-18 and did a few other movies during some of the summers.

I used to love to go to the movies – I’d see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started… now that I think about it that’s kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say I still love going to the movies but I don’t sneak in anymore.

I love surprises – champagne and strawberries all that pampering romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it’s not for them. It’s for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.

Students never think it can be the teacher’s fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn’t do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it’s how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.

People talk about ‘getting rid of the old image’ and I guess there’s some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved ‘The Wonder Years’ – I can’t turn my back on it.

I love surprises – champagne and strawberries all that pampering romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.