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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

Niels Bohr

We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
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Language Play Word
The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be proved beyond a doubt, but also we even believe that we have an intimate knowledge of the constituents of the individual atoms.
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Believe Beyond Character Doubt Knowledge Science Theory
In the great drama of existence we are audience and actors at the same time.
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Audience Existence Greatness Time
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Myself Science Understand
Nothing exists until it is measured.
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Existence One Liner
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Feeling Theory
If an idea does not appear bizarre, there is no hope for it.
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Creativity Hope Ideas Inspirational Work
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
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
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Logical Thinking Yourself
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
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it’s exact opposite is also true.
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Deep Science Truth Wisdom
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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Feeling Talk Theory Thinking Understand
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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Enough Human Rise Science Vice
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.
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Learning Nature Theory Thinking Wrong

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