Robb Wilton (1881–1957) comedian
I said "Oh!"
So of course then I knew.
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Robb Wilton (1881–1957) comedian
I said "Oh!"
So of course then I knew.
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“Anything said is said by an observer.”
Humberto Maturana (1928) Chilean biologist and philosopher
Attributed to Maturana in: Heinz von Foerster (1979) " Cybernetics of Cybernetics http://faculty.stevenson.edu/jlombardi/pdf's/cybernetics.pdf" <br class="br">Von Foerster "baptized"this quote as "Humberto Maturana’s Theorem Number One".
“She said nothing, but said it loudly.”
Michael Flynn book Eifelheim
Source: Eifelheim (2006), Chapter 7 (p. 385)
Russell Hoban (1925–2011) American British novelist, children's writer and illustrator
Source: Bedtime for Frances
“For what has been said is just repetition,
What has been said has been said.”
Khakheperraseneb Egyptian scribe
Quoted in [10.1057/9781137401281_4]
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
The Illustrated London News (25 April 1931)
“That's as well said, as if I had said it myself.”
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2