'The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it—would.'


Note quotation marks: Littlewood is repeating a joke without attribution. "Cross-purposes, Unconscious Assumptions, Howlers, Misprints, etc.", p. 59. - Littlewood's Miscellany (1986)

John Edensor Littlewood Quotes

'The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it—would.'

'The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it—would.'

'The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it—would.'

'The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it—would.'