richard p feynman

“ It has not yet become obvious to me that theres no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect theres no real problem, but Im not sure theres no real problem. ”

“ If science is to progress, what we need is the ability to experiment. ”

“ The internal machinery of life, the chemistry of the parts, is something beautiful. And it turns out that all life is interconnected with all other life. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. ”

“ Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the starsmere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is 'mere.' I too can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. ”

“ It is really quite impossible to say anything with absolute precision, unless that thing is so abstracted from the real world as to not represent any real thing. ”

“ I dont believe in honors it bothers me. Honors bother: honors are epaulets; honors are uniforms. ”

“ God was invented to explain mystery. ”

“ There were several possible solutions of the difficulty of classical electrodynamics, any one of which might serve as a good starting point to the solution of the difficulties of quantum electrodynamics. ”