--- title: "4 Nobel Quotes By Richard P. Feynman" description: "4 Nobel quotes by Richard P. Feynman. Plus more from Richard P. Feynman and more Nobel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/richard-p-feynman-495_average_if-i-could-explain-it-to-the-average-per_746300.png" --- > [If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/if-i-could-explain-it-to-the-average-person-i-wouldn-t-have-been/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/richard-p-feynman-495_average_if-i-could-explain-it-to-the-average-per_746300.png) > [Winning a Nobel Prize is no big deal, but winning it with an IQ of 124 is really something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/winning-a-nobel-prize-is-no-big-deal-but-winning-it-with-an-iq-of-124/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/richard-p-feynman-495_big-deal_winning-a-nobel-prize-is-no-big-deal-but_1564669.png) > [I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/i-don-t-understand-what-it-s-all-about-or-what-s-worth-what-but-if/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/richard-p-feynman-495_about_i-don-t-understand-what-it-s-all-about-o_2078432.jpg) > [In a way, the Nobel Prize has been something of a pain in the neck, though there was at least one time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/in-a-way-the-nobel-prize-has-been-something-of-a-pain-in-the-neck/) [Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/richard-p-feynman-495_celebration_in-a-way-the-nobel-prize-has-been-someth_3028502.png) ## Other authors on Nobel - [David Bennun 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/david-bennun/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naguib-mahfouz-69973.jpg) Naguib Mahfouz 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/naguib-mahfouz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-doris-lessing-30223.jpg) Doris Lessing 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/doris-lessing/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-steinbeck-52314.jpg) John Steinbeck 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/john-steinbeck/) - [Ahmed H. Zewail 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nobel/ahmed-h-zewail/) ## 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/nobel/richard-p-feynman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Nobel Quotes By Richard P. Feynman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard P. 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