All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
NIELS BOHRAn expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature
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Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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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