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

Niels Bohr

When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
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Life Philosophy Wisdom
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner
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.
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Deep Fake Greatness Truth Wisdom
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
A person who wasn’t outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn’t understand what had been said.
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Funny Person Science Understand
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Funny Joke Science Serious
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Belief Nature Possible Simplicity
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
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Democracy Politics Secret Weapon
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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Philosophy Truth Wisdom Wrong Yourself
Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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Science Support
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth

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