Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Primary source)
A delightful collection of autobiographical anecdotes revealing Feynman’s insatiable curiosity and playful irreverence, from safecracking at Los Alamos to bongo drumming in Greenwich Village, illustrating how brilliance and joy coexisted in one extraordinary life.
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“I think that to keep trying new solutions is the way to do everything.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“Knowledge is of no real value if all you can tell me is what happened yesterday. It is necessary to tell what will happen tomorrow.”
— Richard Feynman Primary source“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
— Thomas Edison Disputed“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“You may delay, but time will not.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source