Quote by Alexander Kennedy

“Einstein’s brilliance and the lessons of his life. As a young student he never did well with rote learning. And later, as a theorist,…

— Walter Isaacson

“When the conventional wisdom of physics seemed to conflict with an elegant theory of his, Einstein was inclined to question that wisdom rather than…

— Walter Isaacson

“What made Einstein special was his impertinence, his nonconformity, and his distaste for dogma. Einstein’s genius reminds us that a society’s competitive advantage comes…

— Alexandra Robbins

I should mention that while I was growing up, Einstein was presented as a worthy role model for a young boy who was good…

— Sidney Altman

“The preceding collection of stories about Einstein the young boy demonstrates the remarkable extent to which his most characteristic personal traits were native rather…

— Abraham Pais

“In a letter he wrote in 1953, Einstein related, “Every individual has to retain his way of thinking if he does not want to…

— Alexander Kennedy

“he never allowed himself to think about unpleasant things, which answered very well, and could be supported in times of really inescapable stress by…

— Georgette Heyer

“he described his own ideals, the desire for fulfillment not just as a theorist but also as an experimental physicist. (In the second respect,…

— Abraham Pais

“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated…

— Setterfield Diane