. For whom, for what? interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. . . People search for certainty. It only adds; I don’t understand how it subtracts.”, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman. You only think you know, as a matter of fact. . year after year . . And he says–“ you see, I as an artist can see how beautiful this is, but you as a scientist, oh, take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing.” And I think that he’s kind of nutty. it’s a pain in the . The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Quotes, “I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. . I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.” Quotes By Richard P. Feynman. . ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman “I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is so far as I can tell. And a question requires doubt. As the world communicates more and typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. 22 likes. . . ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, “You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. . ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, “did learn a lesson: The female mind is capable” This is very, very important, so important that I would like to delay that aspect, and talk about that still further along in my speech. Well,”, “There are very remarkable mysteries about the fact that we’re able to do so many more things than apparently animals can do, and other questions like that, but those are mysteries I want to investigate without knowing the answer to them, and so altogether I can’t believe theses special stories that have been made up about our relationship to the universe at large because they seem to be too simple, too connected, too local, too provincial.”, “but if you believe in the truth of the healing, then you are responsible to investigate”, “It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress and great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress that is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom, to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed, and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.”, “You just have to know what the right laws are under the right circumstances, and design the device with the correct laws. mountains of molecules, each stupidly minding its own business . . People”, “I have a friend who’s an artist and he’s sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. Founded in 2018, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” ― Richard Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool." So you begin by being uncertain as to what the answer is. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time.” ― Jeffrey Robbins . . . . . The world looks so different after learning science. . Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I dare you to read his writing without feeling his velocity of thought. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”. . I didn't have time to learn, and I didn't have much patience for what's called the humanities; even though in the university there were humanities that you had to take, I tried my best to avoid somehow to learn anything and to work on it. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me, too, I believe, although I might not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is; but I can appreciate the beauty of a flower. poured into space. . And a question requires doubt. Stands at the sea . trillions apart . . Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty. Deep in the sea, all molecules repeat the patterns of one another till complex new ones are formed. thunderously pounding the shore as now. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”, “I believe that we must attack these things in which we do not believe. . There is no learning without having to pose a question. . . . First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Refresh and try again. living things, masses of atoms, DNA, protein . You say no, we don’t know what’s true, we’re trying to find out and everything is possibly wrong.”, “I won’t have anything to do with the Nobel Prize . dancing a pattern ever more intricate. But new designs can work in new circumstances...” mountains of molecules, each stupidly minding its own business . But there is no certainty. ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, “I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. . Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. . . The question of doubt and uncertainty is what is necessary to begin; for if you already know the answer there is no need to gather any evidence about it. memorable and interesting quotes from great books. on a dead planet, with no life to entertain. and to carry with us the author’s best ideas. I believe that we should demand that people try in their own minds to obtain for themselves a more consistent picture of their own world; that they not permit themselves the luxury of having their brain cut in four pieces or two pieces even, and on one side they believe this and on the other side they believe that, but never try to compare the two points of view. Not attack by the method of cutting off the heads of the people, but attack in the sense of discuss. ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, “alone, and start to think. . Although at every stage it has looked as if such an activity was absurd and useless, it often turns out at least not to be useless.” It is possible to live and not know.” But there is no certainty. ― Richard Feynman, quote from The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman, Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships, The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments, Do Yourself a Favor...Forgive: Learn How to Take Control of Your Life Through Forgiveness, Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother, ― Maggie Stiefvater, quote from The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories, ― Susan Crandall, quote from Whistling Past the Graveyard, ― Jeannette Walls, quote from The Silver Star, ― R. Lee Smith, quote from The Last Hour of Gann. Ages on ages . ― Jeannette Walls, quote from The Silver Star, “We can barely be in the same room without conceiving, so it’s just inevitable that she’ll get pregnant again.” We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and Welcome back. All kinds of interesting questions which shows that a science knowledge only adds to the excitement and mystery and the awe of a flower. . And I believe that science has remained irrelevant because we wait until somebody asks us questions or until we are invited to give a speech on Einstein’s theory to people who don’t understand Newtonian mechanics, but we never are invited to give an attack on faith healing, or on astrology — on what is the scientific view of astrology today.”