If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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No paradox, no progress.
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In our description of nature the purpose is not to disclose the real essence of the phenomena but only to track down, so far as it is possible, relations between the manifold aspects of our experience.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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.
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It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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