"Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor)."

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Source : Alan D. Sokal (2008). “Beyond the hoax: science, philosophy and culture”, Oxford University Press, USA

Alan Sokal

#Believe Quotes #Science Quotes #Law Quotes

“I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader”, p.24, Petrarca Press
“Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate.”
“We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Dread of night. Dread of not-night.”
“The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.”
“It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate,”
“We must redefine the American Dream before we can rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based.”

Source : "What if?: collected writings 1986-2000".
“Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.”

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