Quote

There is no hope for any speculation that does not look absurd at first glance.

Niels Bohr

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
Association Football Player
Chemist
Nuclear Physicist
Philosopher Of Science
Physicist
University Teacher
København
Niels Henrik David Bohr
Nicholas Baker
N. Bohr
Look
Firsts
Looks
Glance
First
Glances
Speculation
Absurd
Hope
Doe

More quotes by Niels Bohr

Image
If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
Niels Bohr
Image
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
Niels Bohr
Image
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
Niels Bohr
Image
The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.
Niels Bohr
Image
Truth and clarity are complementary.
Niels Bohr
Image
There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
Niels Bohr
Image
Predictions are hard, especially abot the future.
Niels Bohr
Image
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
Niels Bohr
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 as with creating images and establishing mental connections.
Niels Bohr
Image
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
Niels Bohr
Image
Einstein, stop telling God what to do!
Niels Bohr
Image
Address to Albert Einstein: You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.
Niels Bohr
Image
If you have a correct statement, then the opposite of a correct statement is of course an incorrect statement, a wrong statement. But when you have a deep truth, then the opposite of a deep truth may again be a deep truth.
Niels Bohr
Image
I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.
Niels Bohr
Image
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]
Niels Bohr
Image
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
Niels Bohr
Image
You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
Niels Bohr
Image
The very nature of the quantum theory ... forces us to regard the space-time coordination and the claim of causality, the union of which characterizes the classical theories, as complementary but exclusive features of the description, symbolizing the idealization of observation and description, respectively.
Niels Bohr
Image
Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
Niels Bohr
Image
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
Niels Bohr