If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
NIELS BOHRNever express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that gradual removal of prejudices which is the common aim of all science.
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Physics is the belief that a simple and consistent description of nature is possible.
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Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
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Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.
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What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others.
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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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You must come to Copenhagen to work with us. We like people who can actually perform thought experiments!
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We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don’t know 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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