A physicist is just an atom's way of looking at itself.
Predition is risky, especially of the future.
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about.
Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.
When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images and establishing mental connections.