Relativity Quotes

142 quotes by 99 authors

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. — Douglas Adams
In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined. — David Bohm
It is only when science asks why, instead of simply describing how, that it becomes more than technology. When it asks why, it discovers Relativity.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man of science, and… — Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of relativity is so… — Paul Dirac
It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy. — James C. Collins
The rigid electron is in my view a monster in relation to Maxwell's equations, whose innermost harmony is the principle of relativity... the rigid electron… — Hermann Minkowski
A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work… — Kurt Vonnegut
The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is a confusionist. The Einstein theory… — Charles Lane Poor
I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the constitution of the universe; and… — Charles Lane Poor
When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I really believe he will have… — Werner Heisenberg
Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar… — Nikola Tesla
No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband and I know he can be trusted. — Elsa Einstein
How are you going to teach virtue if you teach the relativity of all ethical ideas? Virtue, if it implies anything at all, implies an… — Robert M. Pirsig
When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, "Figuring out how to think about the problem". — W. Edwards Deming
Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion. — Albert Einstein
When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. — Albert Einstein
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. — Albert Einstein
At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct. — Albert Einstein

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