“He sought an adventure but didn't find one. He was inexperienced and besides he didn't have too much imagination.”
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Raymond Queneau2
French poet 1903–1976Related quotes
Penn Jillette (1955) American magician
2010s, I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian (2011)
Context: My friend Richard Feynman said, "I don't know." I heard him say it several times. He said it just like Harold, the mentally handicapped dishwasher I worked with when I was a young man making minimum wage at Famous Bill's Restaurant in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
"I don't know" is not an apology. There's no shame. It's a simple statement of fact. When Richard Feynman didn't know, he often worked harder than anyone else to find out, but while he didn't know, he said, "I don't know."
I like to think I fit in somewhere between my friends Harold and Richard. I don't know. I try to remember to say "I don't know" just the way they both did, as a simple statement of fact. It doesn't always work, but I try.
“I trailed off and he didn't push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that.”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride