For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. Richard Feynman (Space shuttle Challenger report)
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn’t have been worth the Nobel Prize. Richard Feynman
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. Richard Feynman
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard Feynman
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. Richard Feynman
The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to. Richard Feynman
Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts. Richard Feynman
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race. Richard Feynman
There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It’s a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you ‘play’ with them! Richard Feynman
It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. Richard Feynman
All theoretical chemistry is really physics; and all theoretical chemists know it. Richard Feynman