Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
NIELS BOHRYou must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
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Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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No paradox, no progress.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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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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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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Sometimes the child in one behaves a certain way and the rest of oneself follows behind, slowly shaking its head.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn’t yet understood the first thing about it.
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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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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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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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