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.
NIELS BOHRNever express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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No paradox, no progress.
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Accuracy and clarity of statement are mutually exclusive.
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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
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If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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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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One must always do what one really cannot.
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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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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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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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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.
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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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If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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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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