--- title: "21 Matter Quotes By Richard P. Feynman" description: "21 Matter quotes by Richard P. Feynman. Plus more from Richard P. Feynman and more Matter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/richard-p-feynman-495_activity_fall-in-love-with-some-activity-and-do-i_2817103.png" --- > [Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/fall-in-love-with-some-activity-and-do-it-nobody-ever-figures-out/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/richard-p-feynman-495_activity_fall-in-love-with-some-activity-and-do-i_2817103.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-doesn-t-matter-how-beautiful-your-theory-is-it-doesn-t-matter-how/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/richard-p-feynman-495_agree_it-doesn-t-matter-how-beautiful-your-the_905816.png) > [I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/i-learned-from-her-that-every-woman-is-worried-about-her-looks-no/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/richard-p-feynman-495_beautiful_i-learned-from-her-that-every-woman-is-w_2770392.png) > [Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/nobody-ever-figures-out-what-life-is-all-about-and-it-doesn-t-matter-2/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/richard-p-feynman-495_enough_nobody-ever-figures-out-what-life-is-all_2073652.png) > [I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/i-have-to-keep-going-to-find-out-ultimately-what-is-the-matter-with/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/richard-p-feynman-495_ends_i-have-to-keep-going-to-find-out-ultimat_2349483.png) > [There is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death. This suggests to me that it is not at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/there-is-nothing-in-biology-yet-found-that-indicates-the/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/richard-p-feynman-495_biologist_there-is-nothing-in-biology-yet-found-th_504971.png) > [Because the theory of quantum mechanics could explain all of chemistry and the various properties of substances, it was a tremendous success.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/because-the-theory-of-quantum-mechanics-could-explain-all-of/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/richard-p-feynman-495_chemistry_because-the-theory-of-quantum-mechanics_3177176.png) > [It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-does-not-matter-who-you-are-or-how-smart-you-are-or-what-title-you/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/richard-p-feynman-495_doe_it-does-not-matter-who-you-are-or-how-sm_2659323.jpg) > [It is the facts that matter, not the proofs. Physics can progress without the proofs, but we can't go on without the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-is-the-facts-that-matter-not-the-proofs-physics-can-progress/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/richard-p-feynman-495_algebra_it-is-the-facts-that-matter-not-the-proo_1163195.jpg) > [All the evidence, experimental and even a little theoretical, seems to indicate that it is the energy content which is involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/all-the-evidence-experimental-and-even-a-little-theoretical-seems-to/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/richard-p-feynman-495_antimatter_all-the-evidence-experimental-and-even-a_3110493.png) > [When a Caltech student asked the eminent cosmologist Michael Turner what his "bias" was in favoring one or another particle as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/when-a-caltech-student-asked-the-eminent-cosmologist-michael-turner/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/richard-p-feynman-495_bias_when-a-caltech-student-asked-the-eminent_1572590.png) > [To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/to-guess-what-to-keep-and-what-to-throw-away-takes-considerable-skill/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/richard-p-feynman-495_ifs_to-guess-what-to-keep-and-what-to-throw_2616827.png) > [If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/if-the-professors-of-english-will-complain-to-me-that-the-students/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/richard-p-feynman-495_complaining_if-the-professors-of-english-will-compla_1621834.jpg) > [Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/another-of-the-qualities-of-science-is-that-it-teaches-the-value-of/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/richard-p-feynman-495_another-way_another-of-the-qualities-of-science-is-t_2953049.png) > [We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no learning. There is no learning without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/we-absolutely-must-leave-room-for-doubt-or-there-is-no-progress-and/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/richard-p-feynman-495_action_we-absolutely-must-leave-room-for-doubt_1241471.png) > [I am a successful lecturer in physics for popular audiences. The real entertainment gimmick is the excitement, drama and mystery of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/i-am-a-successful-lecturer-in-physics-for-popular-audiences-the-real/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/richard-p-feynman-495_audience_i-am-a-successful-lecturer-in-physics-fo_238908.jpg) > [The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/the-shell-game-that-we-play-is-technically-called-renormalization-but/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/richard-p-feynman-495_clever_the-shell-game-that-we-play-is-technical_2684050.jpg) > [Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/fall-in-love-with-some-activity-and-do-it-nobody-ever-figures-out-2/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/richard-p-feynman-495_doing_fall-in-love-with-some-activity-and-do-i_3199428.jpg) > [ It is to be emphasized that no matter how many \[amplitude\] arrows we draw, add, or multiply, our objective is to calculate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-is-to-be-emphasized-that-no-matter-how-many-amplitude-arrows-we/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/richard-p-feynman-495_add_it-is-to-be-emphasized-that-no-matter-ho_791144.jpg) > ['Conservation' (the conservation law) means this ... that there is a number, which you can calculate, at one moment-and as nature undergoes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/conservation-the-conservation-law-means-this-that-there-is-a-number/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/richard-p-feynman-495_answers_conservation-the-conservation-law-means_3143990.jpg) > [Looking back at the worst times, it always seems that they were times in which there were people who believed with absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/looking-back-at-the-worst-times-it-always-seems-that-they-were-times/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/richard-p-feynman-495_agree_looking-back-at-the-worst-times-it-alway_2622657.png) ## Other authors on Matter ## More by Richard P. Feynman > [“Philosophers have said before that one of the fundamental requisites of science is that whenever you set up the same conditions, the same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/philosophers-have-said-before-that-one-of-the-fundamental-requisites/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/my-rule-is-when-you-are-unhappy-think-about-it-but-when-you-re-happy/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [Trying to understand the way nature works involves a most terrible test of human reasoning ability. It involves subtle trickery, beautiful tightropes of logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/trying-to-understand-the-way-nature-works-involves-a-most-terrible/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [Today's brains are yesterday's mashed potatoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/today-s-brains-are-yesterday-s-mashed-potatoes/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/mathematics-is-a-language-plus-reasoning-it-is-like-a-language-plus/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/it-is-necessary-for-the-very-existence-of-science-that-minds-exist/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [“There was a Princess Somebody of Denmark sitting at a table with a number of people around her, and I saw an empty chair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/there-was-a-princess-somebody-of-denmark-sitting-at-a-table-with-a/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/all-the-time-you-re-saying-to-yourself-i-could-do-that-but-i-won-t/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [“There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/there-s-a-big-difference-between-knowing-the-name-of-something-and/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/the-fact-that-you-are-not-sure-means-that-it-is-possible-that-there/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [You can always recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/you-can-always-recognize-truth-by-its-beauty-and-simplicity/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/one-cannot-understand-the-universality-of-laws-of-nature-the/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [Mathematics is not just a language. Mathematics is a language plus reasoning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/mathematics-is-not-just-a-language-mathematics-is-a-language-plus/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he meant that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/a-poet-once-said-the-whole-universe-is-in-a-glass-of-wine-we-will/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) > [I was a very shy character, always feeling uncomfortable because everybody was stronger than I, and always afraid I would look like a sissy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/i-was-a-very-shy-character-always-feeling-uncomfortable-because/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter/richard-p-feynman/#itemlist", "name": "21 Matter Quotes By Richard P. Feynman", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard P. 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