Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
NIELS BOHRSometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
-
-
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
NIELS BOHR -
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
NIELS BOHR -
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
NIELS BOHR -
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
NIELS BOHR -
Truth and clarity are complementary.
NIELS BOHR -
One must always do what one really cannot.
NIELS BOHR -
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
NIELS BOHR -
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
NIELS BOHR -
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
NIELS BOHR -
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
NIELS BOHR -
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
NIELS BOHR -
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.
NIELS BOHR -
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
NIELS BOHR -
No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
NIELS BOHR -
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
NIELS BOHR