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Niels Bohr

(1885—1962), Danish physicist

No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.

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Wolfgang Pauli

(1900-1958) U.S. physicist, on a paper submitted by a physicist colleague This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. www.english-slang.com

Albert Einstein

The physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for he himself knows best and feels most surely where the shoe pinches.... he must […] www.english-slang.com

put on one's thinking cap

[put on one's thinking cap] {v. phr.} To think hard and long about some problem or question. * /Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

OXO

[OXO] Norwegian/Danish shortening of the word "også", which translates to "too" or "also" Internet slang

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]

Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]