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 don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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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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You are a potential genius; there is no problem you cannot solve, and no answer you cannot find somewhere.
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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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Why does everybody thing things are always contractual? I saw a shitload of questions and thought "better keep these answers short or I'll never get to all of these".
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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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I'm sometimes asked about my productivity, which I find a bit embarrassing to be honest. I don't really have a particularly interesting answer to this question.
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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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Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you. And I was satisfied. More than satisfied--wonderfully at peace. There were answers to mmy hard questions--for now, I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.
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The average political poem - especially the kind that wears this label all too proudly - is both dull and full of brow-beating triteness.
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Failure is the mechanism of learning.
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I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
