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

Niels Bohr

The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based.
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Expression Foundation Greatness Light Ourselves Science
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
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Inspirational Life Science Thinking Understand
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
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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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
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
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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Greatness Ideas One Liner
A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Funny Person Science Understand
Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Science Understand
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
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Enough Polite Wrong
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom

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