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> [ When asked ... \[about\] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/when-asked-about-an-underlying-quantum-world-bohr-would-answer-there/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

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> [A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition. "Can it be true that you, of all people, believe it will bring you luck?' 'Of course not,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/a-visitor-to-niels-bohr-s-country-cottage-noticing-a-horseshoe/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

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## More by Niels Bohr

> [An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/an-expert-is-a-man-who-has-made-all-the-mistakes-which-can-be-made-in/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [“Stop telling God what to do with his dice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/stop-telling-god-what-to-do-with-his-dice/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/an-expert-is-someone-who-knows-some-of-the-worst-mistakes-which-can/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/the-opposite-of-every-great-idea-is-another-great-idea/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself it’s own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/every-great-and-deep-difficulty-bears-in-itself-it-s-own-solution-it/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/it-is-a-great-pity-that-human-beings-cannot-find-all-of-their/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/anyone-not-shocked-by-quantum-mechanics-has-not-yet-understood-it/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/the-meaning-of-life-consists-in-the-fact-that-it-makes-no-sense-to/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/technology-has-advanced-more-in-the-last-thirty-years-than-in-the/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [ Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. \[of quantum mechanics\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/anybody-who-is-not-shocked-by-this-subject-has-failed-to-understand/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/when-it-comes-to-atoms-language-can-be-used-only-as-in-poetry-the/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/every-description-of-natural-processes-must-be-based-on-ideas-which/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [It is, indeed, perhaps the greatest prospect of humanistic studies to contribute through an increasing knowledge of the history of cultural development to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/it-is-indeed-perhaps-the-greatest-prospect-of-humanistic-studies-to/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [One thought spectra are marvellous, but it is not possible to make progress there. Just as if you have the wing of a butterfly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/one-thought-spectra-are-marvellous-but-it-is-not-possible-to-make/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

> [If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niels-bohr/if-you-think-you-understand-it-that-only-shows-that-you-don-t-know/)

[Niels Bohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niels-bohr/)

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