Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
RICHARD FEYNMANThere is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
More Richard Feynman Quotes
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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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The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
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Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.
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You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
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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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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
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I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
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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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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
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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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Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation.
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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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If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.
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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.
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