Richard Feynman

"What is science, after all, but a means of discovering what is really happening?"

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that."

"The pleasure of finding things out is the greatest pleasure."

"It is impossible to suggest a mechanism without it being wrong."

"To do science is to try to find patterns in nature."

"A man who doesn't understand himself probably doesn't understand anything."

"Live the life you want to live, not the life others expect."

"The bug is that we should not try to reduce human behavior to mechanism."

"Errors in science are essential for progress."

"Love is a game between people, and the rules are often broken."

"Everything is made of atoms, and everything is interesting."

"If you can't explain it simply, you probably don't understand it well enough."

"Magic words and incantations are the same in the minds of those who don't understand."

"The thing about really understanding something is you can always find a way to explain it."

"To find a thing you must look where it is."

"Purpose in life is to find joy in what you do, not money or fame."

"I enjoy doing physics. I enjoy the intellectual challenge."

"Simple things are often the most complex to understand."

"The real world is not kind to mistakes."

"Doubt is the key to the advancement of science."

"You're dead if you're focused on your audience."

"There is one feature I notice that is very Japanese: it is very difficult to be impossible."

"The whole of science is just a refinement of everyday thinking."

"I think it's much more important to understand the world than to know all the facts about it."

"Physics is the only profession in which prophesying brings no penalty for getting it wrong."

"Thinking is not having in your mind a picture or belief."

"The freedom to doubt is an essential feature of science."

"We all suffer from the illusion that we understand the world more than we actually do."

"What are electrons really like? They're like what you experience."

"There's always something to do in science."