Richard Feynman Quotes
We cannot define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers, who sit opposite each other, one saying to the other, "You don't know what you are talking about!" The second one says, "What do you mean by know? What do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you?"Richard Feynman
Quotes to Explore
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I got into rhythmic gymnastics when I was four years old.
Yana Kudryavtseva -
Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
Iain De Caestecker -
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
Larry Bird -
There was great comraderie among players and coaches. We enjoyed the time we were together... road trips were fun. I don't know that there was one moment that stood out among all the good times we had.
Jack Ramsay -
My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing.
Mandy Patinkin -
The vamp in McMann’s stared at me. I guess he didn’t like the Goth look. Most of them don’t; somehow they think I’m making fun of them. Which I totally am.
Rachel Caine
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Today’s hard news stories were yesterday’s dystopian SF. Rereading
Pat Cadigan -
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
A. J. Jacobs -
Images are so prevalent that we get most of our information from them. We receive multiple layers of meaning within a very short compact picture, and that is what the right brain does best. Indeed, as our culture becomes more image-based, we're balancing our hemispheres. Through this new re-wiring, we're becoming a much gentler and kinder society.
Leonard Shlain -
In the beginning it wasn't bodybuilding competition that motivated me, it was just getting muscles and getting big. And certainly it has evolved for me since then. I think I'm still evolving.
Kai Greene -
It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it leads to really boring books.
Mac Barnett -
At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The holidays are only holy if we make them so.
Marianne Williamson -
They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him.
W. Somerset Maugham -
Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.
Elizabeth Janeway -
I'd like to get some new clothes, but I can't find a Big and Short store.
Jack Roy -
Every night I get up on stage, I love it. I never get like, 'Oh, I'm bored, I want to go home.' I never, ever get like that.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
It's funny how we imagine that lifelong relationships have to be build on a mountain top of moments, so huge they're written across the sky in letters a mile wide. But I knew a skywriter once and he told me the letters are just strategically placed puffs of smoke that are easily blown away. In reality, a life together is made of the simplest, smallest things.
Stephen Tobolowsky
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John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
Well, besides being entertained, I’d like to move them emotionally. I mean I really want to uplift them. I want to look down at the audience, and this is personal experiences now I’m going to tell you. It’s like you look down at the audience and see people smiling, crying, hugging each other. I want them on their way home to feel empowered like they can do anything.
Yanni -
We cannot define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers, who sit opposite each other, one saying to the other, "You don't know what you are talking about!" The second one says, "What do you mean by know? What do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you?"
Richard Feynman