History Quotes / CentipedesDilemma

->''It was more difficult than I remembered, knowing how to breathe, how to form words using my mouth. I kept finding myself doing things—standing up, scratching my nose, chewing my nails—without realizing that I was doing so. I'd been sending impulses from a panicked brain to [[AndIMustScream an unresponsive body]] for so long it kept startling me when I realized that not only could I move, half the time I had already done so just by thinking about it. And then there were motions that seemed ridiculously simple that I had forgotten how to do: at one point I tried to run my fingers through my hair and bumped into my own forehead with my hand twice.''

-->-- Former NFL coach Steve Mariucci

->''"Well, it's much like the dilemma of the centipede. If he relaxes and lets things happen, he can walk naturally all day long, his hundred legs not missing a step. But, if he thinks too hard about the complexity of what he's doing, those legs might crash into the teahouse and kill everyone. A valuable lesson."''
-->-- '''Kang The Mad''', ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''

->''"The centipede was happy quite\\

->'''Max Mercury:''' When you run, do you think about running?\\
'''Wally West:''' Rather than barrel headlong into, like, a wall at Mach Three? Yeah!\\
'''Max:''' Then you're thinking too hard.
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheReturnOfBarryAllen''

->'''Max Mercury:''' When you run...do you think about running?
'''Wally West:'''

-->-- '''Montgomery "Scotty" Scott", ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''

->''"Many things - such as loving, going to sleep, or [[ActingUnnatural behaving unaffectedly]] - are done worst when we try hardest to do them" ''

-> ''"Well, it's much like the dilemma of the centipede. If he relaxes and lets things happen, he can walk naturally all day long, his hundred legs not missing a step. But, if he thinks too hard about the complexity of what he's doing, those legs might crash into the teahouse and kill everyone. A valuable lesson."''

-> "If you think, you stink."

-->-- '''Kang The Mad''', ''JadeEmpire''

-->- '''Creator/CSLewis'''

--> ''"Well, it's much like the dilemma of the centipede. If he relaxes and lets things happen, he can walk naturally all day long, his hundred legs not missing a step. But, if he thinks too hard about the complexity of what he's doing, those legs might crash into the teahouse and kill everyone. A valuable lesson."''
-->- '''Kang The Mad''', ''JadeEmpire''

--> ''"
Well, it's much like the dilemma of the centipede. If he relaxes and lets things happen, he can walk naturally all day long, his hundred legs not missing a step. But, if he thinks too hard about the complexity of what he's doing, those legs might crash into the teahouse and kill everyone. A valuable lesson."''

-->- '''CSLewis'''

->"Many things - such as loving, going to sleep, or [[ActingUnnatural behaving unaffectedly]] - are done worst when we try hardest to do them"

-->--'''Tiffany Aching''', ''[[{{Discworld}} I Shall Wear Midnight]]''

->''"if we have learnt certain movements so that they have sunk below the level of conscious control, then if we try to follow them consciously we very often interfere with them so badly that we stop them." ''

->The centipede was happy quite
->Until the toad, in fun,
->Said, pray, which leg moves after which?
->This raised her doubts to such a pitch
->She fell distracted in the ditch,
->Not knowing how to run.
--->--'''Marion Quinlan Davis'''

-->'''Tiffany Aching''', ''[[{{Discworld}} I Shall Wear Midnight]]''

-->'''Tiffany Aching''', [[{{Discworld}} I Shall Wear Midnight]]

->''"If I try to figure out how it works, it doesn't work."''

-->The centipede was happy quite
-->Until the toad, in fun,
-->Said, pray, which leg moves after which?
-->This raised her doubts to such a pitch
-->She fell distracted in the ditch,
-->Not knowing how to run.