It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
God does not play dice [with the universe]. [Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.] — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There are two things eternal. Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not even sure about the universe — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“there are no arbitrary constants ... nature is so constituted that it is possible logically to lay down such strongly determined laws… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this [Theory of Relativity] or by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour; Sit with a pretty girl for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Formerly, people thought that if matter disappeared from the universe, space and time would remain. Relativity declares that space and time would… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I like to experience the universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Prussian Academy of Sciences is a fast-track academic institute that requires a proactive, hands-on-type individual to overthrow the Newtonian conception of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If [quantum theory] is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What physics looks for: The simplest possible system of thought which will bind together the observed facts. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Tow things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe . — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Nothing happens until something moves. When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There two things that are infinite, human stupidity and the universe, I don't know about the universe — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Our entire much-praised technological progress, and civilization generally, could be compared to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is no place in this new kind of physics both for the field and matter, for the field is the only… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“If you've never done anything wrong it's probably because you have never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image