Anvils Quote by Alfred Nobel

“The stuff was like nitric acid, and moreover, in swallowing it one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head…

— George Orwell

“During the Second World War a giant puffball was found under an oak tree in Kent, and was suspected of being a new kind…

— Richard Mabey

“Oh yes", said the old woman, "but I've heard these so-called stoves are by no means all they are supposed to be. I never…

— Halldór Laxness

That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French say the…

— Michael Baden

Damage, pure damage from brains to livers! As far as the record goes, its a very diverse record, very, very pummeling at times, and..but…

— Dimebag Darrell

I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children.

— Bob Dylan

The first time I ever heard Airborne Toxic Event, my friend was turning 11 or something. And he had a paintball birthday party where…

— Finneas

Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.

— Irving Kirsch

“I nibbled on the edge—it tasted like a piece of bologna that had met a violent death and been embalmed.”

— Sam Torode

“...; the chipped plates might have been disinterred from some kitchen midden near an inhabited lake; and the chops recalled times more ancient still.…

— Joseph Conrad

“He saw a chamber, broad and low, designed, in its every rich stain of picture and slumberous hanging, to appeal to the sensuous. And…

— Bernard Capes

I watched Baeyer activating magnesium with iodine for a difficult Grignard reaction; it was done in a test tube, which he watched carefully as…

— Richard Willstatter