When things are going well, something will go wrong. / When things just can't get any worse, they will. / Anytime things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.
There is no harm in doubt and skepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.
Work hard to find something that fascinates you.
The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity—and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.
Experiment is the sole judge of the validity of any idea.
Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
There is enough energy in a single cubic meter of space to boil all the oceans in the world.
God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.
Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.
Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation.
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!
Science is what we do to keep us from lying to ourselves
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of great value.
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
Everything we know is only some kind of approximation, because we know that we do not know all the laws yet. Therefore, things must be learned only to be unlearned again or, more likely, to be corrected.
My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.
Our 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.
It turns out that all life is interconnected with all other life.
To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature ... If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary to understand the language that she speaks in.
To not know math is a severe limitation to understanding the world.
I have a limited intelligence and I've used it in a particular direction.
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