Carmichael, R. D.
A thing is obvious mathematically after you see it.
In N. Rose (ed.) Mathematical Maxims and Minims, Raleigh NC: Rome Press Inc., 1988.
Carroll, Lewis
"When I use a word,"
Humpty Dumpty said,
in a rather scornful
tone, "it means just
what I choose it to
mean - neither more
nor less."
"The
question is," said
Alice, "whether you
can make words mean
so many different
things."
"The
question is," said
Humpty Dumpty,
"which is to be
master - that's
all."
Through the Looking
Glass.
Carroll, Lewis
"It's very good
jam,"
said the Queen.
"Well, I don't
want any to-day, at
any rate."
"You
couldn't have it if
you did want it,"
the Queen said. "The
rule is jam tomorrow
and jam yesterday
but never jam
to-day."
"It
must come sometimes
to 'jam to-day,'"
Alice objected.
"No it can't,"
said the Queen.
"It's jam every
other day; to-day
isn't any other day,
you know."
"I
don't understand
you," said Alice.
"It's dreadfully
confusing."
Through the Looking
Glass.
Carroll, Lewis
"Then you should say
what you mean," the
March Hare went
on.
"I do,"
Alice hastily
replied; "at least I
mean what I say,
that's the same
thing, you know."
"Not the same
thing a bit!" said
the Hatter. "Why,
you might just as
well say that 'I see
what I eat' is the
same thing as 'I eat
what I see!'"
Carroll, Lewis
Alice laughed:
"There's no use
trying," she said;
"one can't believe
impossible
things."
"I
daresay you haven't
had much practice,"
said the Queen.
"When I was younger,
I always did it for
half an hour a day.
Why, sometimes I've
believed as many as
six impossible
things before
breakfast."
Carroll, Lewis
The different branches of Arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
Carroll, Lewis
"Can you do
addition?" the White
Queen asked. "What's
one and one and one
and one and one and
one and one and one
and one and one?" "I
don't know," said
Alice. "I lost
count."
Through the Looking
Glass.
Carroll, Lewis
What I tell you three times is true.
The Hunting of the Snark.
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)
A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.
Carlyle, Thomas (1795 - 1881)
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.