Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
A visitor to Niels Bohr's country cottage, noticing a horseshoe hanging on the wall, teasing the eminent scientist about this ancient superstition.… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
A physicist visits a colleague and notices a horseshoe hanging on the wall above the entrance. 'Do you really believe that a… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself it’s own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics] — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Every description of natural processes must be based on ideas which have been introduced and defined by the classical theory. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image