“ That’s the trouble with not being in your own field: You don’t take it seriously. Richard P. Feynman
“ How can we tell whether the rules which we guess at are really right if we cannot analyze the game very well? There are, roughly speaking, three ways.First, there may be situations where nature has ar… Richard P. Feynman
“ The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The… Richard P. Feynman
“ Well, Mr. Frankel, who started this program, began to suffer from the computer disease that anybody who works with computers now knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely w… Richard P. Feynman
“ We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certaint… Richard P. Feynman
“ The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other… Richard P. Feynman
“ Mathematics is a language plus reasoning; it is like a language plus logic. Mathematics is a tool for reasoning. Richard P. Feynman
“ I’ve found out since that such people don’t know what they’re doing, and get insulted when you make some suggestion or criticism. Richard P. Feynman
“ I am going to tell you what nature behaves like. If you will simply admit that maybe she does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you… Richard P. Feynman
“ But if you’ve ever worked with computers, you understand the disease—the delight in being able to see how much you can do. Richard P. Feynman
“ Being the word of God connects the ethical and metaphysical aspects of religion. And finally, that also inspires the inspiration, because if you are working for God and obeying God’s will, you are in… Richard P. Feynman
“ You're unlikely to discover something new without a lot of practice on old stuff, but further, you should get a heck of a lot of fun out of working out funny relations and interesting things. Richard P. Feynman
“ You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing… Richard P. Feynman
“ This conference was worse than a Rorschach test: There’s a meaningless inkblot, and the others ask you what you think you see, but when you tell them, they start arguing with you! Richard P. Feynman
“ There were a lot of fools at that conference—pompous fools—and pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. Richard P. Feynman
“ The exception proves that the rule is wrong. That is the principle of science. If there is an exception to any rule, and if it can be proved by observation, that rule is wrong. Richard P. Feynman
“ That was a very good way to get educated, working on the senior problems and learning how to pronounce things. Richard P. Feynman
“ Only with quantitative observations can one arrive at quantitative relationships, which are the heart of physics. Richard P. Feynman
“ Once you start doubting, just like you’re supposed to doubt, you ask me if the science is true. You say no, we don’t know what’s true, we’re trying to find out and everything is possibly wrong. Richard P. Feynman
