Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
NIELS BOHRWhen it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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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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Truth and clarity are complementary.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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