To aim at such a distant object and hit it is of course impossible. But if one has the impudence to throw in that direction without aiming, and in addition to imagine something so absurd as that one might hit it, yes, then perhaps it can happen. The idea that something perhaps could happen can be stronger than practice and will.


In: Timothy Ferris (ed.), The Whole Shebang: A State— of-the Universe's Report, Quantum Weirdness (p. 273)

Niels Bohr Quotes

To aim at such a distant object and hit it is of course impossible. But if one has the impudence to throw in that direction without aiming, and in...

To aim at such a distant object and hit it is of course impossible. But if one has the impudence to throw in that direction without aiming, and in...

To aim at such a distant object and hit it is of course impossible. But if one has the impudence to throw in that direction without aiming, and in...

To aim at such a distant object and hit it is of course impossible. But if one has the impudence to throw in that direction without aiming, and in...