Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
NIELS BOHRIt is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Predition is risky, especially of the future.
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Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who dictate the curve and not vice versa.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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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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Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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No paradox, no progress.
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Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Of course I don’t believe in it pointing to horseshoe on his office wall. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
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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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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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