“Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.”

Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, the meaning of which we do not know anyway, but rather to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena in nature

The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.

Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn’t understood it.

Nothing exists until it is measured.

It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.

You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!

No paradox, no progress.

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.

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.

Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.

Predition is risky, especially of the future.

Truth and clarity are complementary.

No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.

It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth.

It’s not getting any better for the American people. It seems to be getting worse. That’s predictable; education is a cycle. Stupidity breeds more stupidity.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.

I used to play baseball. I was playing even in high school.

If there is to be any permanent improvement in man and any better social order, it must come mainly from the education and humanizing of man.

I lived in a project and didn’t have a good education. But, I’d listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me the way. Everything starts from that confidence.

We need to teach boys to respect girls.

All my mates are at university, and it’s a life I haven’t had a chance to enjoy, so it’s great to turn up and sample a bit of it.