Richard Feynman

I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.

It is necessary to have a good imagination to see what's happening in the world around us.

Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them and handle them. The only difficult ones are the intellectual fools who pose as professors.

The stage is merely the medium used for the ability to do these things. And the ability to do them is more important than the place where they are done.

When I was younger, I didn't realize the great pleasure of playing bongos. Now I do.

The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you can accept Nature as She is - absurd.

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

Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough!

You, dead, are so very beautiful.

No matter how many books you read, you will never be as smart as you want to be.

The real problem with humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will plant seeds of possibilities for the next generation to think about.

I don't believe in miracles... I believe in a universe that is comprehensible.

The scientist only knows what he has measured.

Everything is made of atoms... Everything that you see around you is made of tiny little things called atoms.

In general, we look for a new law by the following method. First, we guess it. Then we compute the consequences of the guess to see what would be implied if this law that we guessed is right.

Mathematics is not just a language. Mathematics is a language plus reasoning.

The laws of physics are the canvas God laid down on which to paint the story of the universe.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

The world is very complicated and it's very hard to understand everything at once.