I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
RICHARD FEYNMANI don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.
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That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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All mass is interaction.
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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough
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Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.
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I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.
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How much do you value life? Sixty-four.
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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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Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars – mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?
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Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?
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The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
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Why nature is mathematical is, again, a mystery.
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I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding; they learn by some other way—by rote, or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!
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