“'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it...May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?” MenMayDoneUniverseGivenBehindsWatchesHe ManTheoryWallGoes OnConceptsUnityGlassesStrikesThickQuantumParticipationMechanicObserversParticipantsQuantum Mechanics Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“I never claimed to be a low-maintenance gal, but when I'm writing, it's particularly challenging. I lose things constantly: my watch, my glasses, my papers, my mind.” WritingMindLosesChallengesWatchesPaperLowsGlassesPapersMaintenanceGals Book:Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A Source: Little Altars Everywhere: Novel, A
“After we put my son to bed, my husband and I curl up and watch a movie or TV. That's when I finally put up my feet and have my glass of wine and a brownie.” WatchesFeetSonTvsBedHusbandWineGlassesMy HusbandMy SonCurlsWine GlassBrownies Author:Kara Goucher
“When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was getting dressed in my ground-floor room when a family of Italians crossed the grass to watch, as if I were laid on for their amusement and instruction.” IfsRoomsCitiesWatchesStudentsWallGlassesGrassInstructionAmusementGetting Dressed Author:Simon Hoggart
“People really get myopic as they get older. We're not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We're not ever good at just being. I remember reading some Adrienne Rich quote where she talks about how important it was just to watch bubbles rise in a glass.” PeopleImportantDreamRememberCultureReadingWatchesRichGlassesDistractionBubblesJust BeingMyopic Author:Karen Russell
“If you ever go behind the glass and look at the focus groups that are deciding what you're gonna watch, it's scary. This cross-section of people they just happen to bring in to decide the fate of mankind on television is really scary.” PeopleIfsLooksHappensBehindsWatchesFocusFateGroupsMankindTelevisionCrossesGlassesScarySectionsReally ScaryFocus Groups Author:Adrian Pasdar