A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
NIELS BOHRHow wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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One must always do what one really cannot.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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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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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No paradox, no progress.
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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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How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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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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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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