Fun on the Web Oct 10 '08 Quotes

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman

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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman

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I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. - Richard Feynman

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Who is Richard Feynman? A US educator & physicist; wrote memoirs "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" 1985 "What Do You Care What Other People Think" 1988; led investigation of Challenger explosion; Nobel Prize in Physics 1965