Victor Frederick Weisskopf quotes:
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Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge without compassion is inhuman.
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conferences with open attendance are very important for the stimulation of young people or other people who are new in the field. ... The field of high-energy physics is, as you know, very strongly in the hands of a clique and it is hard for an outsider to enter.
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When things get tough, there are two things that make life worth living: Mozart, and quantum mechanics
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In man's brain the impressions from outside are not merely registered; they produce concepts and ideas. They are the imprint of the external world upon the human brain.
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God is so great, he does not even need to exist.
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In a Jewish theological seminar there was an hours-long discussion about proofs of the existence of God. After some hours, one rabbi got up and said, "God is so great, he does not even need to exist."
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It was absolutely marvelous working for Pauli. You could ask him anything. There was no worry that he would think a particular question was stupid, since he thought all questions were stupid.
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Science has become adult; I am not sure whether scientists have.
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Self-confidence is an important ingredient that makes for a successful physicist.
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To understand hydrogen is to understand all of physics.