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> [ \[My father\] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/my-father-advised-me-to-sit-every-few-months-in-my-reading-chair-for/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

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## More by Luis Walter Alvarez

> [ \[My father\] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/my-father-advised-me-to-sit-every-few-months-in-my-reading-chair-for/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [The last few centuries have seen the world freed from several scourges-slavery, for example; death by torture for heretics; and, most recently, smallpox. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/the-last-few-centuries-have-seen-the-world-freed-from-several/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [ Dirac politely refused Robert's \[Robert Oppenheimer\] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought." ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/dirac-politely-refused-robert-s-robert-oppenheimer-two-proffered/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [I don't like to say bad things about paleontologists, but they're not very good scientists. They're more like stamp collectors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/i-don-t-like-to-say-bad-things-about-paleontologists-but-they-re-not/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/there-is-no-democracy-in-physics-we-can-t-say-that-some-second-rate/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [I'm convinced that a controlled disrespect for authority is essential to a scientist. All the good experimental physicists I have known have had an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/i-m-convinced-that-a-controlled-disrespect-for-authority-is-essential/)

[Luis Walter Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-walter-alvarez/)

> [Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-walter-alvarez/most-of-us-who-become-experimental-physicists-do-so-for-two-reasons/)

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