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Quotes
“When you sit with
a nice girl for two hours,
it seems like two minutes.
That’s relativity.”
With Charlie Chaplin.
“If I had only known, I
would have been a
locksmith.”
At age 14.
High school diploma,
in 1896 at age 17.5
“A hundred times every
day I remind myself
that my inner and
outer life, depend on
the labours of other
men, living and dead,
and that I must exert
myself in order to give
in the same measure
as I have received.”
“The most
incomprehensible
thing about the world
is that it is at all
comprehensible.”
In 1927
“It would be possible to
describe everything
scientifically, but it
would make no sense;
it would be without
meaning, as if you
described a Beethoven
symphony as a
variation of wave
pressure.”
In 1928
“One reason why
mathematics enjoys
special esteem, above all
other sciences, is that its
laws are absolutely
certain and indisputable,
while those of other
sciences are to some
extent debatable and in
constant danger of being
overthrown by newly In 1929, with
discovered facts.” Max Planck, author of
Quantum Hypothesis.
“Imagination is more
important than
knowledge.”
In 1930 , with
Rabindranath Tagore,
modern India’s poet,
Nobel Laureate for
Literature.
“If you are out to
describe the truth,
leave elegance to the
tailor.”
In 1931, with
Thomas Mann, german
democrat and novelist,
Nobel Laureate for
Literature.
“Before God we are all
equally wise - equally
foolish.”
In 1932
“Sometimes one pays
most for things one
gets for nothing.”
Becoming an American
Citizen in 1940 at age 61
with his secretary and
his stepdaughter.
“I know not with what
weapons World War III
will be fought,
but World War IV
will be fought with sticks
In 1942, with and stones.”
Robbert Oppenheimer
the main scientist
in the creation
of the atomic
bomb.
“Great spirits have always
found violent opposition
from mediocrities. The
latter cannot understand it
when a man does not
thoughtlessly submit to
hereditary prejudices but
honestly and courageously
uses his intelligence.”
In 1950
Albert Einstein
Born 14 March 1879 Ulm, Wurttemberg Germany.
Death 18 April 1955 at age 76 Princeton,
New Jersey, USA.