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Richard P. Feynman quotes: Maybe that is why young people make success. They don't know enough. Maybe that is why young people make success. They don't know enough.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another. It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Mathematics is not just a language. Mathematics is a language plus reasoning. Mathematics is not just a language. Mathematics is a language plus reasoning.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Don't worry about anything ... Go out and have a good time. Don't worry about anything ... Go out and have a good time.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The problem of creating something new, but which is consistent with everything which has been seen before, is one of extreme difficulty. The problem of creating something new, but which is consistent with everything which has been seen before, is one of extreme difficulty.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The electron is a theory. But the theory is so good we can almost consider them real. The electron is a theory. But the theory is so good we can almost consider them real.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth. The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Know how to solve every problem that has been solved. Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party. Europeans are much more serious than we are in America because they think that a good place to discuss intellectual matters is a beer party.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: We've learned from experience that the truth will come out. We've learned from experience that the truth will come out.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise expect. As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise expect.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple. If an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know. We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There is enough energy in a single cubic meter of space to boil all the oceans in the world. There is enough energy in a single cubic meter of space to boil all the oceans in the world.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability
Richard P. Feynman quotes: We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress, we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress, we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method. Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Nature ... cannot be fooled! Nature ... cannot be fooled!
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Science is a process for learning about nature in which competing ideas about how the world works are measured against observations. Science is a process for learning about nature in which competing ideas about how the world works are measured against observations.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: To develop working ideas efficiently, I try to fail as fast as I can. To develop working ideas efficiently, I try to fail as fast as I can.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week. If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value. Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory. Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The unanswerable mysteries ... the attitude that all is uncertain ... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect. The unanswerable mysteries ... the attitude that all is uncertain ... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The same equations have the same solutions The same equations have the same solutions
Richard P. Feynman quotes: I don't believe I can really do without teaching. I don't believe I can really do without teaching.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is simple, therefore it is beautiful It is simple, therefore it is beautiful
Richard P. Feynman quotes: This is not very important what I'm doing. I'm just proving something. This is not very important what I'm doing. I'm just proving something.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world. I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art. Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Nature's imagination far surpasses our own. Nature's imagination far surpasses our own.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Science is of value because it can produce something. Science is of value because it can produce something.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations. If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don't always represent a real situation. Some things that satisfy the rules of algebra can be interesting to mathematicians even though they don't always represent a real situation.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If a guy tells me the probability of failure is 1 in 100,000, I know he's full of crap. If a guy tells me the probability of failure is 1 in 100,000, I know he's full of crap.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made. There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire. No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there. Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word. To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is the fact that the electrons cannot all get on top of each other that makes tables and everything else solid. It is the fact that the electrons cannot all get on top of each other that makes tables and everything else solid.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: When you get as old as I am, you start to realize that you've told most of the good stuff you know to other people anyway. When you get as old as I am, you start to realize that you've told most of the good stuff you know to other people anyway.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth. The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: You do not know anything until you have practiced. You do not know anything until you have practiced.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong. It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: To decide upon the answer is not scientific. In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar ajar only. To decide upon the answer is not scientific. In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar ajar only.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time. It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself. In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: But logic is not all, one needs one's heart to follow an idea. But logic is not all, one needs one's heart to follow an idea.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident. But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: I am not interested in what today's mathematicians find interesting. I am not interested in what today's mathematicians find interesting.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's the most interesting: the part that doesn't go according to what you expected. The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's the most interesting: the part that doesn't go according to what you expected.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Phenomena complex-laws simple ... Know what to leave out. Phenomena complex-laws simple ... Know what to leave out.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics. It's the things that nobody knows anything about we can discuss. It's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics. It's the things that nobody knows anything about we can discuss.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep. As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: While I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that. While I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Investigating the forces that hold the nuclear particles together was a long task. Investigating the forces that hold the nuclear particles together was a long task.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists. Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Science is uncertain. Science is uncertain.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real. The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad! The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad!
Richard P. Feynman quotes: To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world. To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes. Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: What one fool can understand, another can. What one fool can understand, another can.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics. Turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong. Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad - but it does not carry instructions on how to use it. Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad - but it does not carry instructions on how to use it.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: I don't think that the laws can be considered to be like God because they have been figured out. I don't think that the laws can be considered to be like God because they have been figured out.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Precise language is not the problem. Clear language is the problem. Precise language is not the problem. Clear language is the problem.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off. Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If you don't like it, go somewhere else, to another universe where the rules are simpler. If you don't like it, go somewhere else, to another universe where the rules are simpler.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty
some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought. The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories. Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians. I love only nature, and I hate mathematicians.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: We are not to tell nature what she's gotta be. She's always got better imagination than we have. We are not to tell nature what she's gotta be. She's always got better imagination than we have.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: [B]eyond poverty, beyond the point that the material needs are reasonably satisfied, only from within is peace. [B]eyond poverty, beyond the point that the material needs are reasonably satisfied, only from within is peace.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: What did you ASK at school today? What did you ASK at school today?
Richard P. Feynman quotes: The 'paradox' is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality 'ought to be. The 'paradox' is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality 'ought to be.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: We are never right, we can only be sure we are wrong. We are never right, we can only be sure we are wrong.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: What I can't create I don't understand What I can't create I don't understand
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into. If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Science is what we do to keep us from lying to ourselves Science is what we do to keep us from lying to ourselves
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is impossible, by the way, when picking one example of anything, to avoid picking one which is atypical in some sense. It is impossible, by the way, when picking one example of anything, to avoid picking one which is atypical in some sense.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand. God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions. It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: People who wish to analyze nature without using mathematics must settle for a reduced understanding. People who wish to analyze nature without using mathematics must settle for a reduced understanding.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose! Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!
Richard P. Feynman quotes: If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics. If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There is no authority who decides what is a good idea. There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
Richard P. Feynman quotes: There in wine is found the great generalization: all life is fermentation. There in wine is found the great generalization: all life is fermentation.

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