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.

Quote by Niels Bohr

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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a...

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a...

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is...

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is...

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.

Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to...

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to...

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made,...

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made,...

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

You are not thinking. You are merely being logical.

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand....

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand....

One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts...

One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts...

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how...

It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how...

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made,...

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made,...

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you...

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled...