Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard P. 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. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar.

Richard P. Feynman

Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.

Richard P. Feynman

It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.

Richard P. Feynman

Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.

Richard P. Feynman

Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.

Richard P. Feynman

If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.

Richard Whately

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

William S. Burroughs

They tend to be suspicious, bristly, paranoid-type people with huge egos they push around like some elephantiasis victim with his distended testicles in a wheelbarrow terrified no doubt that some skulking ingrate of a clone student will sneak into his very brain and steal his genius work.

Woody Allen

Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things.

Bill Freeman

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

Doug Miller

He comes up with a lot of big plays no matter where you put him.

Sally Field

The only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

Sloane Crosley

Going to a museum is one of those inexplicably tiring things. You're not actually doing anything, more shifting your weight from room to room than walking. And yet it is one of the more tiring things one can do, no matter how thrilled you are by the exhibits.

Brian Beckwith

His success is all to him. It's all a matter of how he thinks each night and how he prepares for each game.

Arlen Specter

I think it's more a matter for them than us because we've got ... a lot of matters which take precedence over this for our own time,

Rocky Juarez

I think it's just a matter of time before I get a shot at a world title or an opportunity to be back on television.

Steve Parrott

I think it's a matter of, that's the market.

Charles Grassley

I think it's a matter of accommodating people who see unfair competition,

Robert Wiley

He's just fought his way, as he normally does through that, and his form in the WAFL has been exceptional, so it is a reward for his performances in the WAFL and (it's great for him) to just be able to get out there and play footy.

Harold Pinter

I think it's enough for me. I've found other forms now.

Ian Cameron

It is a less formal car, more streamlined, more about the individual.

Janne Darata

I was devastated. I had time to formulate a plan on how to make something positive out of this tragedy.

Dirk Kempthorne

It is my honor to serve with you, the people of Idaho. This great state, this forty-third star in the galaxy of states that form the greatest nation in the world.

David Sifry

Hyper-linking is a form of etiquette. It's a way of tapping someone on the shoulder with a sign of respect.

Todd Hollandsworth

I don't have a formula for it. You just prepare every day and try to be ready. We had lost three in a row, and I wanted to help out. I'm just glad the day went well for us.

Bruce McKay

I don't know that this was a Nigerian scam, ... This is a mutating form of extortion that has been going on since the 1970s. It used to be conducted through letters, but now with the Web, it's getting more sophisticated.

William Ford

He's back to form now and I couldn't be happier with him.