Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
NIELS BOHRSome things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
More Niels Bohr Quotes
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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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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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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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When we measure something we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not measuring the world, we are creating it.
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Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
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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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Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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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 every great idea is another great idea.
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There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth.
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No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.
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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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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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A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.
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