Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 60

kennyc · 11-13-2010, 06:43 AM

The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.
- Graham Greene

kennyc · 11-13-2010, 06:43 AM

One afternoon, in August, some years before I knew I was happy ...
- Dylan Thomas

BenG · 11-13-2010, 09:13 AM

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
--Tallulah Bankhead, American actress, talk-show host, and bonne vivante.

kennyc · 11-13-2010, 09:49 AM

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.
- Greta Garbo

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
- Greta Garbo

WT Sharpe · 11-13-2010, 10:54 AM

.....Of course not, but I am told it works even if you don't believe in it.
..........— Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist. Bohr's answer when asked whether he really believed a horseshoe hanging over his door would bring him luck. Quoted in Abraham Pais, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1986). (Pais served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark.)

Stitchawl · 11-13-2010, 07:37 PM

"I didn't see what I didn't see, but I didn't see what I saw"

Me... 1968, 6 days after eating half a box of powdered nutmeg.

Stitchawl

kennyc · 11-13-2010, 08:56 PM

Dude!

Stitchawl · 11-14-2010, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Dude!

What can I say? It was the 60's!

Stitchawl

rkomar · 11-14-2010, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Of course not, but I am told it works even if you don't believe in it.
..........— Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist. Bohr's answer when asked whether he really believed a horseshoe hanging over his door would bring him luck. Quoted in Abraham Pais, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1986). (Pais served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark.)

Ha! I _just_ finished reading "Quantum" by Manjit Kumar. It's about the debate between Einstein and Bohr over the philosophical underpinnings of quantum mechanics. Einstein was a realist, and believed that particles had properties that existed whether you measured them or not. Bohr (and most of his proteges) believed that "there is no quantum reality beyond what is revealed by an act of measurement or observation" (from Kumar's book). The book is more straightforward than that quote.

kennyc · 11-14-2010, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

What can I say? It was the 60's!

Stitchawl

Hmmm.....let's see.....I'm really not remembering much prior to about '74 or so...

kennyc · 11-14-2010, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by rkomar

Ha! I _just_ finished reading "Quantum" by Manjit Kumar. It's about the debate between Einstein and Bohr over the philosophical underpinnings of quantum mechanics. Einstein was a realist, and believed that particles had properties that existed whether you measured them or not. Bohr (and most of his proteges) believed that "there is no quantum reality beyond what is revealed by an act of measurement or observation" (from Kumar's book). The book is more straightforward than that quote.

Looks like a great book. Added to my wishlist...

Bilbo1967 · 11-14-2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by rkomar

Ha! I _just_ finished reading "Quantum" by Manjit Kumar. It's about the debate between Einstein and Bohr over the philosophical underpinnings of quantum mechanics. Einstein was a realist, and believed that particles had properties that existed whether you measured them or not. Bohr (and most of his proteges) believed that "there is no quantum reality beyond what is revealed by an act of measurement or observation" (from Kumar's book). The book is more straightforward than that quote.

I'll second that recommendation

I read it a few months ago and really enjoyed it. It is a good book for those of us who want a more easily understandable exposition of quantum theory and also quite interesting on the characters of the people involved and the relationships between them.

WT Sharpe · 11-14-2010, 09:08 AM

.....Our lives are merely strange dark interludes in the electrical display of God the Father!
..........— Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), American dramatist. Strange Interlude (1928), Pt. II, act 9.

rkomar · 11-14-2010, 03:51 PM

Here are a couple more Niels Bohr quotes:

The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.

And here's an Einstein quote for added measure:

Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

poohbear_nc · 11-14-2010, 04:01 PM

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The only difference is that there is no cat.

Brilliant! I'm going to steal this one!

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11-13-2010, 06:43 AM	#886
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity. - Graham Greene

11-13-2010, 06:43 AM	#887
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	*One afternoon, in August, some years before I knew I was happy ...* - Dylan Thomas

11-13-2010, 09:13 AM	#888
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	My heart is as pure as the driven slush. --Tallulah Bankhead, American actress, talk-show host, and bonne vivante.

11-13-2010, 09:49 AM	#889
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. - Greta Garbo There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them. - Greta Garbo

11-13-2010, 10:54 AM	#890
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....Of course not, but I am told it works even if you don't believe in it. ..........— Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist. Bohr's answer when asked whether he really believed a horseshoe hanging over his door would bring him luck. Quoted in Abraham Pais, Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1986). (Pais served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark.)

11-13-2010, 07:37 PM	#891
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	"I didn't see what I didn't see, but I didn't see what I saw" Me... 1968, 6 days after eating half a box of powdered nutmeg. Stitchawl

11-13-2010, 08:56 PM	#892
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Dude!

11-14-2010, 09:08 AM	#898
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....Our lives are merely strange dark interludes in the electrical display of God the Father! ..........— Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), American dramatist. *Strange Interlude* (1928), Pt. II, act 9.

11-14-2010, 03:51 PM	#899
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,055 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Here are a couple more Niels Bohr quotes: The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough. And here's an Einstein quote for added measure: Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

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