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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

Niels Bohr

Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
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Joke Oneself Serious
Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .
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Material Property Science
An independant reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
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Agency Independent Ordinary Reality
We all know your idea is crazy. The question is whether it is crazy enough.
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Crazy Enough Genius Ideas Mad
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
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Book Myself Religious
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
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Discovery Doubt Justice Science Truth
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
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
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Expression Inspirational Science Thinking
A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.
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Science Way
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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Education Encouragement Inspirational Man Mistake
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
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Laughter Serious Wisdom Yourself
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
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Language Poetry Science
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
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Funny God One Liner
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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Fake Science Truth Wisdom
Oh what idiots we have all been, this is just as it must be.
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Idiot Spiritual
If we couldn’t laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
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End Laughter Ourselves

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

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