"Math—the only subject that counts” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “Mathematics - the only subject that counts” was posted on Twitter on May 15, 2009.
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Dave Dawes
@davedawes
Mathematics - the only subject that counts. (via @darraghdoyle) I would agree - I have a degree in maths - even if it was a 3rd 
10:31 AM - 15 May 2009
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❤️ FizzyDuck ❤️
@FizzyDuck
Maths, the only subject that counts.
2:49 PM - 15 May 2009
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Psychopathetic
@DeadlyMorals
Math. It’s the only subject that counts.
8:43 PM - 19 May 2009
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Wayne Addamz
@Addamz
@dlavender math is the only subject that counts 
4:47 PM - 24 May 2009
3 June 2013, Tampa Bay (FL) Times, “Teachers get emotional when kids grow in spite of obstacles” by Ernest Hooper, pg. B1:
Seen on a bumper sticker: 1, 2, 3, 4, Math - The Only Subject That Counts. ...
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Smith Elementary
@thechuckelem
Math...the only subject that counts. Good luck to our “mathletes” today!
3:43 PM - 26 Jan 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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