Richard Feynman Quotes
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it

Quotes to Explore
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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We do violence to the consciousness of a past age when we divide what was indivisible to it: the one sacred truth of the Christian creed.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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I do not like violence.
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That's the one regret I have in all the years that I've played professional sports, that I didn't win a championship in the N.F.L. And that's why you play on any level of team sports: you want to win a championship as part of a team.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.
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I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.
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Things you create with your mind are always part of your postmortal life, whether they seem real or not.
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Never make unsupportable assumptions about your enemies, Martin. It can be a fatal self-indulgence.
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I called this press conference today to talk about a new challenge that i will face, a personal one – one that requires me, once again, to be an underdog and a fighter. A few days ago, I was diagnosed with cancer, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma, to be specific – which is a cancer of the lymph nodes.
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Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I will confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
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As a visible and outspoken trans woman myself, I know that it's rare not to have your trans-ness lead the way for you in public spaces.
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Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
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Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it