Lewis Carroll Quotes About Math

Quotes about: Math

• Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Creativity, Ignorance

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

• Yet what are all such gaieties to me whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?

  Lewis Carroll

  Math, Mathematics, Gaiety

  Lewis Carroll (1960). “The Humorous Verse of Lewis Carroll”, p.223, Courier Corporation

• "Can you do Addition?" the White Queen said. "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." "She can't do Addition," the Red Queen interrupted.

  Lewis Carroll

  Queens, Math, White

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales”, p.188, Race Point Pub

• "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."

  Lewis Carroll

  Queens, Math, Yesterday

  Lewis Carroll “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, Lulu.com

• 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 your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!

  Lewis Carroll

  Inspirational, Queens, Believe

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

• You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Math, Want

• Can you do Division? Divide a loaf by a knife - what's the answer to that?

  Lewis Carroll

  Math, Knives, Division

  Lewis Carroll (1875). “Through the Looking-glass: And what Alice Found There”, p.189

• One can't believe impossible things.

  Lewis Carroll

  Believe, Math, Impossible Things

  1871 Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 5,'Wool and Water'.

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