You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick.
RICHARD FEYNMANFor a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries.
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I couldn’t claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys-but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!
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It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.
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To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.
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Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.
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I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.
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Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.
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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
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Quantum mechanics describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is – absurd.
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I think we should teach them [the people] wonders and that the purpose of knowledge is to appreciate wonders even more.
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I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
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