Famous Quotes & Sayings

Seth Shostak

Typically, only about 2 percent of the American populace tunes in to PBS's 'Nova' series - the most successful science show on the tube. 'Survivor' and 'X Factor' get twice the ratings.

Richard P. Feynman

If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.

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

Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

Richard P. Feynman

The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination in a straightjacket, which is this: that it has to agree with the known laws of physics. ... It requires imagination to think of what's possible, and then it requires an analysis back, checking to see whether it fits, whether its allowed, according to what's known, okay?

Richard P. Feynman

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts.

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

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

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.

Dustin Hermanson

The first series we didn't have a whole lot of opportunities.

Michael Vaughan

This has been the toughest series by a long shot

Bradley Freeman

It used to be a series of shows like 'St. Elsewhere,' 'L.A. Law' and 'Twin Peaks'

Bernie Williams

The World Series and the postseason is a thing you've got to go with the flow. In the World Series, you let it all out.

Alex Barron

They've kind of turned this series into what the IRL didn't want to happen,

Edgar Ramirez

It's huge. We've set the tone. Now we can go out and get the series (tonight).

David Towne

It was like having a World Series winner in your town.

Bill Cheney

It's another in the long series of the no-news-is-good-news story about inflation.

Terry Pratchett

But then science is nothing but a series of questions that lead to more questions.

Steve Vai

The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

Kelly Stables

I love the show tunes; I love all of them.

Larry Wall

It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.

Keith Jarrett

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

Karl Lagerfeld

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them

Patrick Carney

Tune into my new lifetime movie. ’Dislocated shoulder’ airing right now,

Paramahansa Yogananda

If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.

Lucas Neff

I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

Harlan Coben

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.