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Richard Feynman Quotes

Total quotes: 5

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Richard Feynman

Birthname

Birthday: May 11, 1918

Death: February 15, 1988

Educated At: Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Percussionist, University Teacher, Quantum Physicist, Physicist, Engineer

Religion: Atheism

Total quotes: 5

“Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.”

— Richard Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

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“All the time you're saying to yourself 'I could do that, but I won't'–which is just another way of saying 'I can't.'”

— Richard Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Tagged: Life

“Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.”

— Richard Feynman, What Do You Care What Other People Think?

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“God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.”

— Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

Tagged: God vs Science

“I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong…I don’t feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell.”

— Richard Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman

Tagged: Living, Living Boldly, Life, Life and its Mysteries

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