

Richard Feynman
11 verified quotes
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
Richard Feynman
Rogers Commission Report · 1986
verified“Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough!”
Richard Feynman
Note to the mother of Marcus Chown
verified“I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
Richard Feynman
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out · 1979
verified“You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.”
Richard Feynman
The Character of Physical Law · 1965
verified“I can live with doubt, and uncertainty, and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
Richard Feynman
No Ordinary Genius: The Illustrated Richard Feynman · 1981
verified“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Richard Feynman
What Do You Care What Other People Think? · 1988
verified“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Richard Feynman
On his blackboard at the time of his death · 1988
verified“I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.”
Richard Feynman
The Character of Physical Law · 1965
verified“Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.”
Richard Feynman
The Character of Physical Law · 1965
verified“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Richard Feynman
Cargo Cult Science · 1974
verified“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
Richard Feynman
What is Science? address, National Science Teachers Association · 1966
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