I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.
RICHARD FEYNMANTo every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. The same key opens the gates of hell.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.
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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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Everything is made of atoms.
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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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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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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.
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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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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers.
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In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.
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I’m smart enough to know that I’m dumb.
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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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Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning.
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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.
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People often think I’m a faker, but I’m usually honest, in a certain way–in such a way that often nobody believes me!
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