Richard P. Feynman Quotes

Before I was born, my father told my mother, 'If it's a boy, he's going to be a scientist.'

Richard P. Feynman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: physicist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 11, 1918 - February 15, 1988

Topics

FatherMotherBornBoyGoingHe

I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

Joanna Lumley

NeverSocialConstraintsFelt

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.

Jenson Button

ChangeCarBalanceMeFatYou

I'd love to say that I'm this brave person doing this big adventure and that it's easy. The truth is, the night before I left, I called my mom, crying and nervous, thinking, 'What am I getting into? Can I really ride my bike across the country?'

Megan Shull

LoveTruthRideBikeAdventureMom

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.

Amy Weber

HomeAnimalsWildAlwaysEverything

My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools.

Alvin E. Roth

WorkEducationOpportunityMedical

Stand up for what you know is right.

Ronald Isley

Stand UpStandYouKnowRightUp

I married the man I love when the state of California said I could. We made a family through adoption, as New York State said we could. From the outside, our family - two dads, two sons via adoption - seems like an experiment, but what family isn't an experiment?

Rumaan Alam

FamilyLoveManNew YorkNewSaid

Colorado is a trade-dependent state.

Jared Polis

ColoradoState

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Jose Marti

TruthMenSpeakToo MuchDangerToo

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.

Denis Leary

FoodDecisionEatingMeatInstinct

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.

Dean Koontz

PeopleNewSometimesFerrariGifts

Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don't like something, they let you know - with silence.

Chris Hardwick

SilenceComedyYouPersonKnowPay

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