For people with small horizons, every function is constant. (Oscar Bruno)
All you need for differentiation is a strong right arm and a weak mind. (Ron Getoor)
Obvious is in the the of the beholder. (Ron Getoor)
Sometimes the Devil lurks in sets of measure zero. (Ron Getoor)
There are two kinds of results in mathematics: those that are obvious and those that are false. (Ron Getoor)
There are no deep theorems — only theorems that we have not understood very well. (Nicholas P. Goodman)
The world is everywhere dense with idiots. (L. F. S.)
It’s only the false things that are nontrivial. (Michael Sharpe)
Everything is trivial when you know the proof. (D. V. Widder)
My thanks to Jason Lee, who compiled many of these.
