Willis Lamb famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.
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In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved.
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I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.
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A rare theorist turned experimentalist.
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A gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition... His contributions to quantum measurements, and elucidative teachings on quantum mechanics, have not yet received the attention they deserve.
-- Willis Lamb
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The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there.
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Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.
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Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
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For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.
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