Quantum Quotes

I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

A mathematician says that an electromagnetic wave travels from Andromeda to your eye and that it also extends from Andromeda to your eye.

It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions.

The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it.

Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it. [of quantum mechanics]

No one really understands quantum mechanics.

I'm fascinated with quantum physics.

[Heisenberg's seminal 1925 paper initiating quantum mechanics marked] one of the great jumps—perhaps the greatest—in the development of twentieth century physics.

On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity.

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

If you look at anything physical, you find out that at the quantum level, it is non-physical.

Dear Artificer, I’ve blown my quanta and gone to the Good Place!

Quantum mechanics provides us with an approximate, plausible, conjectural explanation of what actually is, or was, or may be taking place inside a cyclotron during a dark night in February.

It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers.

I just really like ants, and I really like science. I was interested and curious about the quantum world and the physics behind how it all works.

They are denied access to the more advanced techniques of releasing the kundalini energy, which bring about quantum leaps in self-awareness.

Bell's theorem...proves that quantum theory requires connections that appear to resemble telepathic communication.

It is a bizarre world. It is an upside down, inside out, quantum physics world. It is the eve of destruction in America.

If quantum communication and quantum computation are to flourish, a new information theory will have to be developed.

Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward.

Interference between universes at the quantum level means that information transfer takes place between them.

This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene.

Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest. [Lat., Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in area, Tantum habet et fidei.]

The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are orthogonal and should remain that way.

We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types - in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor.

Quantum Leap Thinking [is] an opportunity to get our energy out and target it in the direction of great productivity, leaving us with a feeling of accomplishment.

Unconsciously transmitting ideas to the other MC way back when............,,,..#quantum

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.

I believe the human race is ready to make a quantum leap forward spiritually and morally.

Trying to get a read on Apple Computer is a lot like learning about quantum physics; you can never know Apple's position on a technology, and its direction, simultaneously.

If I had to label myself now, I'd call myself a Taoist-Christian-agnostic quantum mechanic.

Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of. Quick: try to think of a single movie about the horrors of Stalinism. This is not a failure of imagination. This is moral meltdown.

But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.

Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.

And anyone who thinks they can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy hasn't yet understood the first thing about it.

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

Thinking about quantum physics is like unraveling your brain and putting it back together again upside down. Much like studying Kabbalah.

I think we can safely assume that no one understands quantum mechanics.

When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.

Learning from the successes and failures of others is key to making quantum leaps toward our goals.

I have a quantum car. Every time I look at the speedometer I get lost.

There is a responsibility on all companies to look at the quantum of pay and the relationship between the top and the bottom.

Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works.

There's a branch of math called the foundations of math. It's kind of like quantum mechanics. It's about how this very complex theory of math can be built up from very basic parts.

Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level.