Niels Bohr on expression
Niels Bohr70 quotes“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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It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
Niels BohrNiels Bohr No paradox, no progress.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr 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.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr Predition is risky, especially of the future.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr Truth and clarity are complementary.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.
Niels BohrNiels Bohr If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know the first thing about it.
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What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression ‘This is my Body’ means this is myself.
Karl RahnerKarl Rahner If you have a point of view regarding my style of work, keep it to yourself. You are not entitled to express your opinion.
Nora FatehiNora Fatehi You say how you feel, and songs don’t lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is–there’s nothing that lies about a song.
Brian WilsonBrian Wilson There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII I have no words to express and completely speechless to talk about him. I am a big fan of Vidyut.
Urvashi RautelaUrvashi Rautela I am more expressive when I dance.
Nora FatehiNora Fatehi I will not restrict myself. I want to do films and TV: both mediums are amazing to reach to the audience and express your art form, and if both are available, then why not exploit them?
Nora FatehiNora Fatehi I love fashion, and that’s how I express myself.
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