Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
NIELS BOHRIf an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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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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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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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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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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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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The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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