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Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Richard Feynman

Rogers Commission Report · 1986

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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!

Richard Feynman

Note to the mother of Marcus Chown

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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

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You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.

Richard Feynman

The Character of Physical Law · 1965

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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

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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

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What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Richard Feynman

On his blackboard at the time of his death · 1988

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I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

Richard Feynman

The Character of Physical Law · 1965

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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

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

Richard Feynman

Cargo Cult Science · 1974

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Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.

Richard Feynman

What is Science? address, National Science Teachers Association · 1966

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