One thought spectra are marvellous, but it is not possible to make progress there. Just as if you have the wing of… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
All rising curves that show unwelcome trends in human affairs will approach infinity if extended far enough, but it is we who… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement.… — 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
If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it. — 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