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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.

Niels Bohr

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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Crazy Enough Science Technology Theory True Yourself
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
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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Experience Nature Possible Purpose Reality
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
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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Drama Existence Forget Life Ourselves Peace Search
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
One must always do what one really cannot.
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Inspirational Oneself
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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Crazy Enough Feeling Theory
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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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
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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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
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Science Understand Yourself
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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Believe Faith Understand Wall Yourself

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