Albert Einstein ( 10 of 254 )
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot read more
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.
That's relativity.
I don't believe in mathematics.
I don't believe in mathematics.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of read more
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best for both the body and the mind.
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike read more
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work
Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would read more
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a read more
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a
minute. That's relativity.
No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so read more
No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?