Willis Lamb quotes

“You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.”
-- Willis Lamb

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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.”
-- Willis Lamb

Source : "Quantum Measurements and Chaos". Book by E. R. Pike and S. Sarkar, eds., pp. 183-193, 1987.

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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.”
-- Willis Lamb

Source : "Super classical quantum mechanics: the best interpretation of non relativistic quantum mechanics". American Journal of Physics 69, p. 413-422, 2001.

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“A rare theorist turned experimentalist.”
-- Willis Lamb

Source : "Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics". Book by D. Kaiser, p.37, 2005.

“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.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

“It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.”

“Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.”

“When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.”

“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.”

“A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.”

“A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there.”

“Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs.”

“Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.”

“For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.”

Source : Bergen Evans (1954). “The Spoor of Spooks: And Other Nonsense”, New York : Knopf