“I managed to fail Arts I, a course that a moderately intelligent amoeba could have passed without special coaching.”

Things I Didn't Know (2006)

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Australian critic, historian, writer 1938–2012

Hugh Everett (1930–1982) American physicist, author of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics

illustrating the branching of individuals in many worlds each time an observation is performed, in an early draft of his doctoral dissertation (1950s). Accessible at Read original documents http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/manyworlds/original.html of Nova's Parallel worlds documentary of Hugh Everett's work.

“It is clear that I will end my career without having coached Barça.”

José Mourinho (1963) Portuguese association football player and manager

http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2010/04/jose-mourinho-i-could-never-coach-barca.html <br class="br">2010

“Any aeai [A. I., artificial intelligence ] smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.”

Ian McDonald book River of Gods

Source: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 4 (p. 42).

“Of all the players I have played alongside, managed and coached in more than 40 years at Anfield, he is the most talented.”

Kenny Dalglish (1951) Scottish association football player and manager

Bob Paisley ( Source http://football-rumours.com/kennydalglish.html) <br class="br">About

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Oh, that's nothing – I could coach a coal scuttle to be Senior Wrangler.”

Peter Guthrie Tait (1831–1901) British mathematician

when complimented about coaching his one pupil scoring higher than his rival's pupils at Peterhouse Tripos, as quoted by [Cargill Gilston Knott, Life and scientific work of Peter Guthrie Tait, Cambridge University Press, 1911, http://books.google.com/books?id=PSU9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA11, 11]