Matter Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

21 Matter quotes by Richard P. Feynman

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Feynman’s curiosity about matter shines through in twenty‑one vivid observations, mixing humor with scientific clarity. His knack for making complex ideas accessible makes this collection a rewarding read for the inquisitive.

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I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.

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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if…

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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…

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Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter.

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I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.

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It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progress without the proofs, but we can't go on without the…

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If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of…

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To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck,…

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When a Caltech student asked the eminent cosmologist Michael Turner what his "bias" was in favoring one or another particle as a…

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All the evidence, experimental and even a little theoretical, seems to indicate that it is the energy content which is involved in…

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Because the theory of quantum mechanics could explain all of chemistry and the various properties of substances, it was a tremendous success.…

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There is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death. This suggests to me that it is not at…

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It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you…

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Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter.…

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Looking back at the worst times, it always seems that they were times in which there were people who believed with absolute…

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'Conservation' (the conservation law) means this ... that there is a number, which you can calculate, at one moment-and as nature undergoes…

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It is to be emphasized that no matter how many [amplitude] arrows we draw, add, or multiply, our objective is to calculate…

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I am a successful lecturer in physics for popular audiences. The real entertainment gimmick is the excitement, drama and mystery of the…

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We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. There is no learning without…

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Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom…

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The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what…

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Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.

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It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

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“There was a Princess Somebody of Denmark sitting at a table with a number of people around her, and I saw an empty chair…

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All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,'--which is just another way of saying that you can't.

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“There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”

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The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday.

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You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.

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One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to…

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