Randall Munroe

There is a danger of building an identity around the idea of being smart because it is very easy to become off-putting,…

— Randall Munroe

I'm sad that my childhood came just slightly before the lithium-ion-battery boom, because I would've killed for the cheap radio-controlled helicopters they…

— Randall Munroe

“A 1-watt laser is an extremely dangerous thing. It’s not just powerful enough to blind you—it’s capable of burning skin and setting…

— Randall Munroe

“The X-Plane author compared piloting Martian aircraft to flying a supersonic ocean liner.”

— Randall Munroe

“We don’t know what astatine looks like, because, as Lowe put it, “that stuff just doesn’t want to exist.” It’s so radioactive…

— Randall Munroe

You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so…

— Randall Munroe

Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far…

— Randall Munroe

I try not to spend too much time interpreting my comics for people, because I try to put out there whatever I…

— Randall Munroe

If at first you don't succeed, that's one data point.

— Randall Munroe

Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is…

— Randall Munroe

“Cleveland-area fans of French children's literature were disappointed by the Prince's decision to sign with the Miami Heat.”

— Randall Munroe

“Q. How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? —Myrlin Barber A. Surprisingly fast. First, a disclaimer. After…

— Randall Munroe

“There’s no material safety data sheet for astatine. If there were, it would just be the word “NO” scrawled over and over…

— Randall Munroe

I have no artistic training - as you might have guessed from all the stick figures! - and there are a few…

— Randall Munroe

There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny…

— Randall Munroe

But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about…

— Randall Munroe

When designing an interface, imagine that your program is all that stands between the user and hot, sweaty, tangled-bedsheets-fingertips-digging-into-the-back sex.

— Randall Munroe

“The Mars rover Curiosity, for example, is powered by the heat from a chunk of plutonium it carries in a container on…

— Randall Munroe

“My house is full of traps.” Twitter would look like this:”

— Randall Munroe

“This quote is often falsely attributed to Mark Twain.”

— Randall Munroe

You don't use science to show you're right, you use science to become right.

— Randall Munroe

“They say there are no stupid questions. That’s obviously wrong; I think my question about hard and soft things, for example, is…

— Randall Munroe

People in my world can be disdainful of political and social problems and solutions. But we're never going to stop needing those.

— Randall Munroe

“While researching this answer, I managed to lock up my copy of Mathematica several times on balloon-related differential equations, and subsequently got…

— Randall Munroe

I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of…

— Randall Munroe