If all of this, all the life of a stream of water, can be nothing but a pile of atoms, how much more is possible?
Richard P. FeynmanWhen it came time for me to give my talk on the subject, I started off by drawing an outline of the cat and began to name the various muscles. The other students in the class interrupt me: "We *know* all that!" "Oh," I say, "you *do*? Then no *wonder* I can catch up with you so fast after you've had four years of biology." They had wasted all their time memorizing stuff like that, when it could be looked up in fifteen minutes.
Richard P. FeynmanI learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.
Richard P. FeynmanWhile I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that.
Richard P. FeynmanOur freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.
Richard P. Feynman