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> [“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 the logic of it. The poetry of it is that the equation tells me how shiny…](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/)

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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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