Sunday, November 24, 2024 Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.

Martin Gardner

« All quotes from this author
 

As I have often said, electrons and gerbils don't cheat. People do.
--
"Science: Why I Am Not A Paranormalist", in The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener (1983)

 
Martin Gardner

» Martin Gardner - all quotes »



Tags: Martin Gardner Quotes, People Quotes, Authors starting by G


Similar quotes

 

if a shower of electrons is shot on to a zinc sulfide screen, a number of flashes are produced - one for each electron - and we may picture the electrons as bullet-like projectiles hitting a target. But if the same shower is made to pass near a suspended magnet, this is found to be deflected as the electrons go by. The electrons may now be pictured as octopus-like structures with tentacles or 'tubes of force' sticking out from it in every direction.

 
James Jeans
 

Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.

 
Jackie Mason
 

When a photon comes down, it interacts with electrons throughout the glass, not just on the surface. The photon and electrons do some kind of dance, the net result of which is the same as if the photon hit only on the surface.

 
Richard Feynman
 

That house, whatever it was, was the embodiment of all the coldness in his mind. Harley said to himself: "Whatever has been done to me, I've been cheated. Someone has robbed me of something so thoroughly I don't even know what it is. It's been a cheat, a cheat.…"

 
Brian Aldiss
 

Actually... "GP reader" is an oxymoron, Dennis, as I haven't found that a single person who posts here reads anything other than cheat code books. No newspapers, no Bible, no Constitution, none of the West's classics, just cheat code books. Very, very sad. Criminal, really. Jack

 
Jack Thompson
© 2009–2013Quotes Privacy Policy | Contact