Einstein Quotes

261 quotes by 209 authors

Evidence in support of general relativity came quickly. Astronomers had long known that Mercuryâ€™s orbital motion around the sun deviated slightly from what Newtonâ€™s mathematics… — Brian Greene
Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever made… — George Gamow
Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different. — Albert Einstein
When you are young, your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. You might be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio. Then you get to… — Chuck Barris
In these days of conflict between ancient and modern studies, there must surely be something to be said for a study which did not begin… — G. H. Hardy
Einsteinâ€™s 1905 paper came out and suddenly changed peopleâ€™s thinking about space-time. Weâ€™re again in the middle of something like that. When the dust settles,… — Carlo Rovelli
My final coaching point of the day: It's my contention that in any given moment one lives one's life in one of two ways, either… — Jim Steen
What is needed to break the vicious spiral is a world-wide change in attitudes, values, and social policy. As Einstein put it, We need a… — Roger Wolcott Sperry
As Einstein himself pointed out. He said weâ€™re like people in a boat without oars drifting along a winding river. Around us we see only… — Jack Finney
It appears that the solution of the problem of time and space is reserved to philosophers who, like Leibniz, are mathematicians, or to mathematicians who,… — Hans Reichenbach
Einstein was searching for String Theory. It not only reconciles General Relativity to Quantum Mechanics, but it reconciles Science and the Bible as well. — Roy H. Williams
There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent… — Gregory Peck
Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But… — John Polkinghorne
It was Einstein who made the real trouble. He announced in 1905 that there was no such thing as absolute rest. After that there never… — Stephen Leacock
Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money. — Gary Larson
Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute but… — Douglas Adams
Epitaph on Newton: Nature and Nature's law lay hid in night: God said, "Let Newton be!," and all was light. [added by Sir John Collings… — George Polya
There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to… — Edward Witten
The roots of great innovation are never just in the technology itself. They are always in the wider historical context. They require new ways of… — David Brooks
Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects that legacy -… — Steven Strogatz

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