Caleb Iott > Caleb's Quotes

“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.”
― Richard Feynman

“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”
― Richard Feynman

“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
― Richard Feynman

“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“What Do You Care What Other People Think?”
― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman/What Do You Care What Other People Think?

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.”
― 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, The Character of Physical Law

“I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax”
― Richard Phillips Feynman

“Pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are alright; you can talk to them and try to help them out. But pompous fools – guys who are fools and covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus – THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn’t a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!”
― Richard P. Feynman

“I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.”
― Richard Feynman

“Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!”
― Richard P. Feyman

“Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.”
― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

“But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“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.”
― Richard P. Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
― Richard P. Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

“Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough”
― Richard Feynman