Richard Feynman Quotes
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Quotes to Explore
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
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Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even the phenomenon Im most known for. When Im on stage, Im not under pressure and it happens. In other important places, it happens. But in a laboratory where I really want it to happen, its very hard for me.
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I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.
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If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.
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I've always said, just go ask my teammates if you want to know about me. Go ask the guys that I've played with. Don't ask or get information about me from people who are not in the locker room or not around me all of the time. Then you'll get legit answers.
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Get the facts. Ask questions and listen intently to the answers before responding.
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We are a people as all other peoples; we do not have any intentions to be better than the rest We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody's examination and nobody is old enough to call on us to answer. We came before them and will leave after them. We are what we are, we are good for ourselves, we will not change, nor do we want to.
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I've kind of gotten more timid. I used to be fearless - at a certain point I didn't care about what anybody thought. I had all the answers and I could have been as bad as I wanted to be. But nowadays I just want to be good and make people happy.
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Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?
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The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
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What is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work!
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I’m willing to meet my creator and answer every shot that I took.
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There is nothing there - no soul - there is only this question about after death. The question has to die now to find the answer - your answer; not my answer - because the question is born out of the assumption, the belief, that there is something to continue after death.
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If you can answer the question of why you’re doing it, it’s the right thing to do.
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Don't listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.
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When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.
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The American public deserves answers. Her record is so thin we don't know anything about her.
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So what we can answer as geneticists is questions about biology, about biological ancestry. But to make any sense of that historically we have to contextualize it - the archaeology, the linguistic pattern, even the climatology.
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Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.
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No, you cannot use something that is degrading to the colour of my skin for me to take it as banter. I will never agree to that.
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I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.'
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
