“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I too can see the… — Richard Feynman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“But one man, I remember, Bob Wilson, was just sitting there moping. I said, “What are you moping about?” He said, “It’s… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“The taxi driver felt that it was a good observation, and said he was planning to build for the future, too: he… — Richard Feynman Bad idea Copy Share Image
“The trouble with playing a trick on a highly intelligent man like Mr. Teller is that the time it takes him to… — Richard Feynman Highly intelligent Copy Share Image
“I took a little walk outside for a while. I was surprised that I wasn't feeling what I thought people were supposed… — Richard Feynman Bad luck Copy Share Image
“The first person you should be careful not to fool is yourself. Because you are the easiest person to fool".” — Richard Feynman First person Copy Share Image
“You must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” — Richard Feynman Rethink Copy Share Image
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but thats not why we do it. — Richard Feynman Funny Copy Share Image
“How would I say in Japanese, ‘I solve the Dirac Equation’?” They said such-and-so. “OK. Now I want to say, ‘Would you… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“If you take 1 divided by 243 you get .004115226337…It’s quite cute: It goes a little cockeyed after 559 when you’re carrying… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“The next question was — what makes planets go around the sun? At the time of Kepler some people answered this problem… — Richard Feynman Gravity Copy Share Image
“It’s really quite easy,” he said. “I’m standing around a table, when some guy says, ‘It’s comin’ out nine! It’s gotta be… — Richard Feynman Long run Copy Share Image
“That was for me: I can’t understand anything in general unless I’m carrying along in my mind a specific example and watching… — Richard Feynman Psychology Copy Share Image
“There are very remarkable mysteries about the fact that we’re able to do so many more things than apparently animals can do,… — Richard Feynman Animals Copy Share Image
“Finally, I said that I couldn’t see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, and… — Richard Feynman Education Copy Share Image
“So I got a great reputation for doing integrals, only because my box of tools was different from everybody else’s, and they… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
“I noticed that the [drawing] teacher didn't tell people much... Instead, he tried to inspire us to experiment with new approaches. I… — Richard Feynman Drawing Copy Share Image
“It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is. It doesn't make a difference how smart you are, who made the… — Richard Feynman Science Copy Share Image
“The lay reader only wanted to have the illusion of understanding and to catch a few buzzwords to throw around at cocktail… — Richard Feynman Books Copy Share Image
“Each of us talked about what we thought the “ethics of equality” was, from our own point of view, without paying any… — Richard Feynman History Copy Share Image
“i have a friend who’s an artist and he’s sometimes taken a view which i don’t agree with very well. he’ll hold up… — Richard Feynman Art Copy Share Image
“Stands at the sea, wonders at wondering: I a universe of atoms an atom in the universe” — Richard Feynman Physics Copy Share Image
“I suddenly remembered that Murray Gell-Mann and I were supposed to give talks at that conference on the present situation of high-energy… — Richard Feynman Black humor Copy Share Image
“It’s also not even true that “energy makes it go,” because if it stops, you could say, “energy makes it stop” just… — Richard Feynman Copy Share Image
