“Nobody taught me how to say no when a beautiful naked woman begs me to take my clothes off.”
Charles Stross The Laundry Files
Source: The Laundry Files, The Jennifer Morgue (2006), Chapter 7, “Nightmare Beach” (p. 144)
“Nobody can say the word “naked” as nakedly as Cohen.”
Source: Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005), Liner notes for the Leonard Cohen tribute album Tower of Song (1995).
Context: Nobody can say the word “naked” as nakedly as Cohen. He makes us see the markings where the pantyhose have been.
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In Memory of M. B.
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“I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.”
Richard Feynman book The Character of Physical Law
Variant: I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
Source: The Character of Physical Law (1965), chapter 6, “Probability and Uncertainty — the Quantum Mechanical View of Nature,” p. 129
Richard Feynman book The Character of Physical Law
Concerning the apparent absurdities of quantum behavior.
chapter 6, “Probability and Uncertainty — the Quantum Mechanical View of Nature,” p. 129
The Character of Physical Law (1965)
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