Niels Bohr (Niels Henrik David Bohr) Quotes

We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.

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• People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.

  

  Karl Pilkington
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• I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
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• I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.

  

  Warren Kole
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• I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.

  

  Rachel McAdams
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• It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
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• I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

  

  Sam Hunt
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  • Writing
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• We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
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  • World
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• The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • You
  • English
  • Say

• I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Age
  • Never
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• I grew up with horror. My dad loves movies, and he passed a lot of them on to me. There's something so fun about them.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Up
  • Fun
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• In 'Attachments,' which is told from a male point of view, people asked me if a man would really think that much about whether a woman likes him. But I have a husband and three brothers, and they're all like that.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • People
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  • Woman

• I hate downtime.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Hate
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• I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • People
  • Think
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• Dartmouth is such a special college with its rich history, dedicated student body, and, as I've been learning more recently, colorful customs.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • History
  • College
  • Learning

• I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'

  

  Samuel Johnson
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• A god that can be understood is not a god.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • God

• Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Guy
  • Team
  • Sports

• I haven't met too many people that don't intend to have a fulfilling life. High-achievers, however, end up allocating their resources in a way that seriously undermines their intended strategy.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame.

  

  Jim Cooper

• You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear; To-morrow'll be the happiest time of all the glad New Year,- Of all the glad New Year, mother, the maddest, merriest day; For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be queen o' the May.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Mother
  • Queen
  • New Year

• Every wedding is slightly different from the other. But you always get to meet the funny uncle and the weirdo relatives, and there's always someone trying to beat you up for not playing enough Beatles songs or something.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Up
  • Different
  • Trying

• I guess a certain contingent of the musicians in London at the beginning of the '70s were fed up with denim and the hippies. And I think we kind of wanted to go somewhere else.

  

  David Bowie
  • Thinking
  • Musician
  • Hippie

• We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.

  

  Niels Bohr
  • Poetry
  • Language
  • Atoms