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 Copy Share Image
Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You see, the chemists have a complicated way of counting: instead of saying "one, two, three, four, five protons", they say, "hydrogen,… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
There is one simplification at least. Electrons behave ... in exactly the same way as photons; they are both screwy, but in… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
One of the ways of stopping science would be only to do experiments in the region where you know the law. But… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
To do any important work in physics a very good mathematical ability and aptitude are required. Some work in applications can be… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
So, ultimately, in order to understand nature it may be necessary to have a deeper understanding of mathematical relationships. But the real… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
In a way, the Nobel Prize has been something of a pain in the neck, though there was at least one time… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I don't believe in honors - it bothers me. Honors bother: honors is epaulettes; honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
What would happen if we could arrange the atoms one by one the way we want them? — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
... it is impossible to explain honestly the beauties of the laws of nature in a way that people can feel, without… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It's the way I study - to understand something by trying to work it out or, in other words, to understand something… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Philosophers have said before that one of the fundamental requisites of science is that whenever you set up the same conditions, the same thing… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
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… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Trying to understand the way nature works involves a most terrible test of human reasoning ability. It involves subtle trickery, beautiful tightropes of logic… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“There was a Princess Somebody of Denmark sitting at a table with a number of people around her, and I saw an empty chair… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
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. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The fact that you are not sure means that it is possible that there is another way someday. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
One cannot understand... the universality of laws of nature, the relationship of things, without an understanding of mathematics. There is no other way to… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
