Richard Feynman on expectation
Richard Feynman81 quotes“I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.”
Filed under
More from Richard Feynman
All mass is interaction.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Thank you very Much, I enjoyed myself.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman The individual member of the social community often receives his information via visual, symbolic channels. I went back and forth over it, and translated. You know what it means? People read.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Innovation is a very difficult thing in the real world
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman
Original quotes
From our community writers
Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
Meet the writers
More on expectation
Rest now, dear heart, let joy find you unexpected places.
Ine GraceIne Grace Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley I never knew hell would be so spick-and-span.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin It’s my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
Pat SummittPat Summitt Expectations are resentments under construction.
Anne LamottAnne Lamott Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton