642 Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize.

I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.

The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don’t know one or two rules.

All we know so far is what doesn’t work.

The game I play is a very interesting one. It’s imagination, in a tight straightjacket.

I don’t believe I can really do without teaching. The reason is, I have to have something so that when I don’t have any ideas and I’m not getting anywhere, I can say to myself, “At least I’m living; at least I’m doing something. I’m making some contribution.” It’s just psychological.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

Thank you very Much, I enjoyed myself.

I don’t believe in honors, it bothers me, honors bother, honors is epaulettes, honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way. I can’t stand it, it hurts me.