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> [“But that was my big moment: I gave a seminar in the biology department at Harvard! I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/but-that-was-my-big-moment-i-gave-a-seminar-in-the-biology-department/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

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## More by Richard Feynman

> [“From a long view of the history of mankind-seen from, say, ten thousand years from now-there can be little doubt that the most significant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/from-a-long-view-of-the-history-of-mankind-seen-from-say-ten-thousand/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/everything-is-interesting-if-you-go-into-it-deeply-enough/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“All of our ideas in physics require a certain amount of common sense in their application; they are not purely mathematical or abstract ideas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/all-of-our-ideas-in-physics-require-a-certain-amount-of-common-sense/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There are no miracle people. It happens they get interested in this thing and they learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/i-was-an-ordinary-person-who-studied-hard-there-are-no-miracle-people/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“If a Martian (who, we'll imagine, never dies except by accident) came to Earth and saw this peculiar race of creatures - these humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/if-a-martian-who-we-ll-imagine-never-dies-except-by-accident-came-to/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“If u think u can u may if u think u can't u r right”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/if-u-think-u-can-u-may-if-u-think-u-can-t-u-r-right/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“The guy says, “Buddy, the housing situation in Ithaca is tough. In fact, it’s so tough that, believe it or not, a professor had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/the-guy-says-buddy-the-housing-situation-in-ithaca-is-tough-in-fact/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is ... If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/it-doesn-t-matter-how-beautiful-your-theory-is-if-it-doesn-t-agree/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“Although my mother didn't know anything about science, she had a great influence on me as well. In particular, she had a wonderful sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/although-my-mother-didn-t-know-anything-about-science-she-had-a-great/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“Take this neat little equation here. It tells me all the ways an electron can make itself comfortable in or around an atom. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/take-this-neat-little-equation-here-it-tells-me-all-the-ways-an/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell. And so it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/to-every-man-is-given-the-key-to-the-gates-of-heaven-the-same-key/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“But wait,” he said. “Let’s suppose it returns by advanced waves—reactions backward in time—so it comes back at the right time. We saw the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/but-wait-he-said-let-s-suppose-it-returns-by-advanced-waves-reactions/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“I believe there's nothing in hallucinations that has anything to do with anything external to the internal psychological state of the person who's got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/i-believe-there-s-nothing-in-hallucinations-that-has-anything-to-do/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“My father had the spirit and integrity of a scientist, but he was a salesman. I remember asking him the question "How can a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/my-father-had-the-spirit-and-integrity-of-a-scientist-but-he-was-a/)

[Richard Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-feynman/)

> [“I started to walk into the bar, and I suddenly thought to myself, “Wait a minute! It’s the middle of the afternoon. There’s nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-feynman/i-started-to-walk-into-the-bar-and-i-suddenly-thought-to-myself-wait/)

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