The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
NIELS BOHREvery valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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