Famous Niels Bohr Quotes

  • Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. – Niels Bohr

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

  • Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.] – Niels Bohr

    Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.]– Niels Bohr

  • The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning. – Niels Bohr

    The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.– Niels Bohr

  • It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite. – Niels Bohr

    It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.– Niels Bohr

  • Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. – Niels Bohr

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

  • Stop telling God what to do with his dice. – Niels Bohr

    Stop telling God what to do with his dice.– Niels Bohr

  • Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it. – Niels Bohr

    Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.– Niels Bohr

  • An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. – Niels Bohr

    An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.– Niels Bohr