If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
NIELS BOHRWhen it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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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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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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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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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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