Niels Bohr Quotes

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We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? - Niels Bohr quote.
We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?
— Niels Bohr
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. - Niels Bohr quote.
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
— Niels Bohr

reality

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. - Niels Bohr quote.
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
— Niels Bohr
Every sentence I utter, must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question. - Niels Bohr quote.
Every sentence I utter, must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
— Niels Bohr
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr quote.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
— Niels Bohr

experts

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature. - Niels Bohr quote.
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what we say about Nature.
— Niels Bohr
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. - Niels Bohr quote.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
— Niels Bohr

truth

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. - Niels Bohr quote.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
— Niels Bohr
An independent reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation. - Niels Bohr quote.
An independent reality in the ordinary physical sense can neither be ascribed to the phenomenon nor to the agencies of observation.
— Niels Bohr
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. - Niels Bohr quote.
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.
— Niels Bohr

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