Quantum Quotes

• The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks

  Albert Einstein

  Memorable, Looks, Physics

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• A philosopher once said, 'It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results.' Well, they don't!

  Richard P. Feynman

  Philosopher, Results, Produce

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• God is subtle but he is not malicious.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Motivational, Math

  Remark made during a week at Princeton beginning 9 May 1921, later carved above the fireplace of the Common Room of Fine Hall (the Mathematical Institute), Princeton University - in R. W. Clark Einstein (1973) ch. 14

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• Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to physicists.

  David Finkelstein

  People, Confusing, Different

  "Physics and Whitehead: quantum, process, and experience". Book editing by Timothy E. Eastman and Hank Keeton, 2012.

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• Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Oneness, Physics, Universe

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• Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.

  Roger Penrose

  Physics, Mechanic, Quantum Mechanics

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• I think I can safely say that nobody understands Quantum Mechanics.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Fake People, Thinking, Physics

  The Character of Physical Law ch. 6 (1965)

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

  Niels Bohr

  Real, Physics, Made

  "Yoga Deepens Its Roots in the West" by Ravé Mehta, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2014.

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• If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

  Niels Bohr

  Inspirational, Life, Science

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• If [quantum theory] is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science.

  Albert Einstein

  Physics, Ends, Theory

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• The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Successful, Tests, Accepted

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• Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

  Barbara Sher

  Leadership, Leap, Quantum Leap

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.180, Dell

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• When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about Nature.'

  Niels Bohr

  Nature, Science, Thinking

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• Quantum physics is the physics of possibilities. And not just material possibilities, but also possibilities of meaning, of feeling, and of intuiting. You choose everything you experience from these possibilities, so quantum physics is a way of understanding your life as one long series of choices that are in themselves the ultimate acts of creativity.

  Amit Goswami

  Inspirational, Creativity, Long

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

  Niels Bohr

  Science, Firsts, Physics

  "The Philosophical Writings of Niels Bohr, Volume IV: Causality and Complementarity" edited by Jan Faye and Henry J. Folse (1998); later quoted in Karen Michelle Barad "Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning" (p. 254), 2007.

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• The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Book, Chapters, Damn

  "The New Quantum Universe". Book by Anthony J. G. Hey, ‎Tony Hey, ‎Patrick Walters, 1987.

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• I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

  Erwin Schrodinger

  Sorry, Apology, Science

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• It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature.

  Niels Bohr

  Learning, Thinking, Theoretical Physics

  "The philosophy of Niels Bohr" by Aage Petersen in "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists", Volume 19, No. 7 (September 1963), as quoted in Abraham Pais "The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery" (p. 24), 2000, and in Paul McEvoy "Niels Bohr: Reflections on Subject and Object" (p. 291), October 2000.

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• If you aren't confused by quantum mechanics, you haven't really understood it.

  Niels Bohr

  Confused, Science, Mechanic

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• Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics; they can be lost forever.

  Lady Gaga

  Memories, Forever, Atoms

  "Lady Gaga is 'Interrupted' in 'Marry the night' preview" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. November 17, 2011.

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• God does not play dice [with the universe].
  [Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

  Albert Einstein

  God, Play, Gambling

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• Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Hilarious, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

  Michio Kaku

  Science, Facts, Going For It

  FaceBook post by Dr. Michio Kaku from Mar 02, 2010

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• As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

  Address to Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 27 Jan. 1921

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• There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there ever was such a time ... On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Believe, Men, Thinking

  The Character of Physical Law ch. 6 (1965)

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