Richard Feynman Quotes

Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.

Richard Feynman

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• The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

  

  Karl Marx
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• All my books are optimistic!

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Books
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• I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

  

  Hans Blix
  • Knowledge
  • Know
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• What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
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• One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • God
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• I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.

  

  Abhishek Bachchan
  • Done
  • Comedy
  • Always

• The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.

  

  Fernando Torres
  • Different
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• It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right.

  

  Ian McDiarmid
  • Up
  • Best
  • Looking Forward

• I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
  • Day
  • Meditation
  • Twice

• I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.

  

  Cameron Monaghan
  • Play
  • Movies
  • Guitar

• I wrote 'Time of the Dark' in 1978 and 'The Silent Tower' in 1984, so the thing that sticks out for me is how totally technology has changed. I suppose that's the great peril for real-world crossovers.

  

  Barbara Hambly
  • Time
  • World
  • Great

• There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.

  

  Edmonia Lewis
  • Up
  • Art
  • Beautiful

• If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

  

  Bette Midler
  • Life
  • Laughing
  • Ifs

• I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Happy
  • Man
  • Rich

• My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.

  

  Angela Davis
  • People
  • World
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• Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • Technology
  • Eyes
  • Reflect

• I think this is an opportunity for me to use my talents to help the people of Pennsylvania. I think we can be much better than we have been in recent years. I believe Pennsylvania needs leadership from outside the box.

  

  Lynn Swann
  • People
  • Believe
  • Help

• I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Death

• We should be wary, particularly with our closest friends and allies, of breaking down the trust and confidence that lie at the foundation of relationships.

  

  Alan Bersin
  • Friends
  • Confidence
  • Relationships

• The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Purification
  • Castes
  • Untouchables

• I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Character
  • Truth
  • True

• Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families.

  

  Wesley Borland Big Dumb Face
  • Values
  • Families
  • Get Down

• At XL, we tackle risk like no one else, analyzing deeper and listening closely to our clients to create solutions that unleash the world's capacity to advance. By helping our clients unlock their full potential, we fulfill our own. Our new brand demonstrates this unique outlook and the commitment and value we bring to clients.

  

  Mike McGavick
  • World
  • Risk
  • Listening

• Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.

  

  Richard Feynman
  • Values
  • Mechanic
  • Accurate