Richard Feynman

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“It doesn’t do any good to talk if nobody’s listening.” — Phil Donahue

“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” — Richard Feynman

“The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.” — Joseph Campbell

“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.” — Charleton Heston

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230928

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.” — Stephen King

“Even those who care deeply for us cannot always see our big picture, the Grand Story Line that is destined to unfold before us. They are on their own journeys. And though their paths may run parallel to ours, each is singular in its curves and mileposts, unique in its destination.” — Cicely Tyson

“Give me questions I can’t answer not answers I can’t question.” — Richard Feynman

“Living in California adds ten years to a man’s life. And those extra ten years I’d like to spend in New York.” — Harry Ruby

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230624

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” — Horace

“’How can you live without knowing?’ I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.” — Richard Feynman

“He could imagine a dozen things that could go wrong; it was little consolation that it was always the thirteenth that actually happened.” — Arthur Clarke

“Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it.” — George Carlin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230413

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.” — Felix Cohen

“We consider speech to be the result of thought (we have a thought, then select a sentence with which to express it), but thought also results from speech (as we grope, in words, toward meaning, we discover what we think).” — George Saunders

“Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.” — Logan Pearsall Smith

“I never eat in a restaurant that’s over a hundred feet off the ground and won’t stand still.” — Calvin Trillin

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230411

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” — Richard Feynman

“Once upon a time…there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” — Terry Tempest Williams

“What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” — Mignon McLaughlin

“I’m not an insomniac. It’s just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down.” — Joyce Rachelle

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20220725

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” — Richard Feynman

“A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the man on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the average person knows it, and you know it. [ed]” — Andy Warhol

“Any conversation with more than three people is typically a conversation with too many people.” — Jason Fried

“Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew.” — Donald Barthelme

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20180625

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“A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.” — Richard Feynman

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is the pain of discipline weighs ounces while the pain of regret weighs tons.” — Jim Rohn

“Genius ain’t anything more than elegant common sense.” — Josh Billings

“My inside self is outside of time and space. It doesn’t have an age. I’m every age I’ve ever been, and so are you, although I can’t help mentioning as an aside that it might have been helpful if I hadn’t followed the skin care rules of the ’60s, which involved getting as much sun as possible while slathered in baby oil and basking in the glow of a tinfoil reflector shield.” — Anne Lamott

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20180303

Jeff

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“If you think communication is all talking, you haven’t been listening.” — Ashleigh Brilliant

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.” — Richard Feynman

“Though it’s important that people know you, It is more important if they think you are worth knowing.” — Unknown

“Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: eat out.” — Phyllis Diller

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170628

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“I suddenly discovered the delight of rebellion.” — Jack Kerouac

“No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.” — Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“Learn to value the people around you, because once you lose someone, it is never exactly the same person who comes back.” — Unknown

“Listen, buddy, if I could tell you in a minute what I did, it wouldn’t be worth the Nobel Prize.” — Richard Feynman

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20150706

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“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with them.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Knowing the name of a bird does not tell you anything about the essence of that bird.[ed]” — Richard Feynman

“When a friend does something wrong, don’t forget all the things they did right.” — Unknown

“There is a southern proverb–fine words butter no parsnips.” — Sir Walter Scott

 

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