# Quote — John Allen Paulos, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

> The fashion pages have always puzzled me. In my smugly ignorant view, the articles appear to be so full of fluff and nonsense as to make the astrology columns seem insightful by comparison.

- Author: [John Allen Paulos](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-allen-paulos.md)
- Book: [A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-allen-paulos/a-mathematician-reads-the-newspaper.md)
- Page: 173
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