Quotes About Crotchet

This queer crotchet [of Hamilton's] that algebra is the science of pure time has attracted many philosophers, and quite recently it has been exhumed and solemnly dissected by owlish metaphysicians seeking the philosopher's stone in the gall bladder of mathematics.

Singularity in dress argues eccentricity of character. A queer cut of the coat represents a crotchet in the brain.