Quaternions Came From Hamilton After His Really

Suppose That You Could Mark The Molecules In A Glass Of Water; Then Pour The Contents Of The Glass Into The Ocean And Stir The Latter Throughly So As To Distribute The Marked Molecules Uniformly Throughout The Seven Seas; If Then You Took A Glass Of Water Anywhere Out Of The Ocean, You Would Find In It About A Hundred Of Your Marked Molecules.

I Have Not The Smallest Molecule Of Faith In Aerial Navigation Other Than Ballooning, Or Of The Expectation Of Good Results From Any Of The Trials We Heard Of. So You Will Understand That I Would Not Care To Be A Member Of The Aeronautical Society.

Do Not Imagine That Mathematics Is Hard And Crabbed, And Repulsive To Common Sense. It Is Merely The Etherealization Of Common Sense.

Large Increases In Cost With Questionable Increases In Performance Can Be Tolerated Only In Race Horses And Fancy Women.

Quaternions Came From Hamilton After His Really Good Work Had Been Done, And Though Beautifully Ingenious, Have Been An Unmixed Evil To Those Who Have Touched Them In Any Way.