Special Case Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

As is well known the principle of virtual velocities transforms all statics into a mathematical assignment, and by D'Alembert's principle for dynamics, the latter is… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
...the source of all great mathematics is the special case, the concrete example. It is frequent in mathematics that every instance of a concept of… — Paul Halmos
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality — David Hilbert
Every businessman is in favor of freedom for everybody else, but when it comes to himself that's a different question. He's always the special case.… — Milton Friedman
For economist the real world is often a special case. — Edgar Fiedler
Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a special case of… — Peter Forsyth
I am a cutter, you see. Also a snipper, a slicer, a carver, a jabber. I am a very special case. I have a purpose.… — Gillian Flynn
The theory of the determination of wages in a free market is simply a special case of the general theory of value. Wages are the… — Sir John Richard Hicks
In the dream state, the only essential difference from waking is the relative absence of sensory input, which makes dreaming a special case of perception… — Stephen LaBerge
Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only… — David Puttnam
Our brains deal exclusively with special-case experiences. — R. Buckminster Fuller
In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the… — Sue Monk Kidd
Goats," said Maxwell Hyde, "are a special case. Mad as hatters, all of them. — Diana Wynne Jones
A very special case. A few years more, and that pretty creature who you love too much, I think, will, without ever loving them, have… — Rachilde
Let us not kid ourselves; let us remember that literature is of no use whatever, except in the very special case of somebody's wishing to… — Gustave Flaubert
Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise,… — Abraham Lincoln
The market turns out to be just one special case of collective decision-making. — Geoff Mulgan

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