"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman

Until we see how many dimensions of behavior even a one-celled animal has, we won’t be able to fully understand the behavior of more complicated animals.

At that particular time I was not really quite up to things: I was always a little behind. Everybody seemed to be smart, and I didn’t feel I was keeping up.

Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.

As a scientist you always think you know what you’re doing, so you tend to distrust the artist who says, “It’s great,” or “It’s no good,” and then is not able explain to you why,

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.