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> [The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain possession of goods, but as people being unwilling to part with something which might earn a regular income…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/the-shortage-of-buyers-which-the-world-is-suffering-from-is-readily/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

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## More by Paul Dirac

> [Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/pick-a-flower-on-earth-and-you-move-the-farthest-star/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [What makes the theory of relativity so acceptable to physicists in spite of its going against the principle of simplicity is its great mathematical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/what-makes-the-theory-of-relativity-so-acceptable-to-physicists-in/)

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> [ When \[Erwin Schrödinger\] went to the Solvay conferences in Brussels, he would walk from the station to the hotel where the delegates stayed, carrying… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/when-erwin-schr-dinger-went-to-the-solvay-conferences-in-brussels-he/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/i-learnt-to-distrust-all-physical-concepts-as-the-basis-for-a-theory/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand. Again and again, when I have been at a loss how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/if-you-are-receptive-and-humble-mathematics-will-lead-you-by-the-hand/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [A physical law must possess mathematical beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/a-physical-law-must-possess-mathematical-beauty/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices. One could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/it-was-not-until-some-weeks-later-that-i-realized-there-is-no-need-to/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [Quantum mechanics has explained all of chemistry and most of physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/quantum-mechanics-has-explained-all-of-chemistry-and-most-of-physics/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [If we are honest - and scientists have to be - we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/if-we-are-honest-and-scientists-have-to-be-we-must-admit-that/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [The only object of theoretical physics is to calculate results that can be compared with experiment... it is quite unnecessary that any satisfactory description…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/the-only-object-of-theoretical-physics-is-to-calculate-results-that/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [The shortage of buyers, which the world is suffering from, is readily understood, not as due to people not wishing to obtain possession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/the-shortage-of-buyers-which-the-world-is-suffering-from-is-readily/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/i-do-not-see-how-a-man-can-work-on-the-frontiers-of-physics-and-write/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/the-measure-of-greatness-in-a-scientific-idea-is-the-extent-to-which/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [A great deal of my work is just playing with equations and seeing what they give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/a-great-deal-of-my-work-is-just-playing-with-equations-and-seeing/)

[Paul Dirac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dirac/)

> [The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dirac/the-fundamental-laws-necessary-for-the-mathematical-treatment-of-a/)

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