Thinking Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

— Richard P. Feynman

I think we can safely assume that no one understands quantum mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself.

— Richard P. Feynman

I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

— Richard P. Feynman

I don't have to be good because they think I'm going to be good.

— Richard P. Feynman

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.

— Richard P. Feynman

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

— Richard P. Feynman

It is not unscientific to make a guess, although many people who are not in science think it is.

— Richard P. Feynman

Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?

— Richard P. Feynman

But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident.

— Richard P. Feynman

I don't think that the laws can be considered to be like God because they have been figured out.

— Richard P. Feynman

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

— Richard P. Feynman

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way--in such a way that often nobody believes me!

— Richard P. Feynman

Some people think Wheeler's gotten crazy in his later years, but he's always been crazy.

— Richard P. Feynman

We scientists are clever — too clever — are you not satisfied? Is four square miles in one bomb not enough? Men…

— Richard P. Feynman

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very…

— 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…

— Richard P. Feynman

There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there…

— Richard P. Feynman

Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with…

— Richard P. Feynman

By honest I don't mean that you only tell what's true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all…

— Richard P. Feynman

Whenever you see a sweeping statement that a tremendous amount can come from a very small number of assumptions, you always find…

— Richard P. Feynman

In any organization there ought to be the possibility of discussion... fence sitting is an art, and it's difficult, and it's important…

— Richard P. Feynman

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

— Richard P. Feynman

No! Not for a second! I immediately began to think how this could have happened. And I realized that the clock was…

— Richard P. Feynman

You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity…

— Richard P. Feynman

I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than…

— Richard P. Feynman

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

— Richard P. Feynman

When you're thinking about something that you don't understand, you have a terrible, uncomfortable feeling called confusion... Now, is the confusion's because…

— Richard P. Feynman

If you're doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid - not only what you think…

— Richard P. Feynman

I learned a lot of different things from different schools. MIT is a very good place…. It has developed for itself a…

— Richard P. Feynman

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers,…

— Richard P. Feynman

I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends…

— Richard P. Feynman

You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life…

— Richard P. Feynman

I think Nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she's never gonna let us relax!

— Richard P. Feynman

You see, I get such fun out of thinking that I don't want to destroy this most pleasant machine that makes life…

— Richard P. Feynman

[When a young person loses faith in his religion because he begins to study science and its methodology] it isn't that [through…

— Richard P. Feynman

Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known…

— Richard P. Feynman

Listen, I mean that from my knowledge of the world that I see around me, I think that it is much more…

— Richard P. Feynman

You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be…

— Richard P. Feynman