The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth. Richard P. Feynman astronomyatomdiscovery Change image and share on social
The situation in the sciences is this: A concept or an idea which cannot be measured or cannot be referred directly to experiment may or may not be useful. It need not exist in a theory. Richard P. Feynman conceptdirectlyexist Change image and share on social
The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems. Richard P. Feynman communicatedrawinstruction share on social
I've always been very one-sided about science, and when I was younger, I concentrated almost all my effort on it. Richard P. Feynman concentrateefforthave Change image and share on social
In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself. Richard P. Feynman aptfieldfool Change image and share on social
I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x, y or z wins the Nobel Prize, then so be it. Richard P. Feynman academydecidenobel Change image and share on social
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. Richard P. Feynman dumbguynonscientific Change image and share on social
Today, all physicists know from studying Einstein and Bohr that sometimes an idea which looks completely paradoxical at first, if analyzed to completion in all detail and in experimental situations, may, in fact, not be paradoxical. Richard P. Feynman analyzebohrcompletely share on social
Before I was born, my father told my mother, 'If it's a boy, he's going to be a scientist.' Richard P. Feynman bearboyfather Change image and share on social
Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain,' into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that. Richard P. Feynman alleyavoidblind share on social
