306 Famous Quotes by Albert Einstein
3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955
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About Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc², he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory.
Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity. He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1917, Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe as a whole.
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The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
World
Quotes, by Albert Einstein
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The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from
within, from one's own efforts.
Effort
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: Out of My Later Years
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Effort
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: Out of My Later Years
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A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of
patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is
because they are made with ideas.
Mathematicians
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
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To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems
from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real
advance in science.
Imagination
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: in "On Science"
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When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to
the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than
my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Imagination
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: in "On Science"
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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.
Science
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: Sciencem Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium (ch. 13)
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If I could remember the names of all these particles I'd be a
botanist.
Science
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: Sciencem Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium (ch. 13)
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God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: in "Quest" by L. Infeld
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I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent
of the measurements. That is an electron has spin, location and
so forth even when it is not being measured. I like to think
that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: quoted by Carl Seelig, in "Albert Einstein"
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Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a
minute. That's relativity.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: quoted by Carl Seelig, in "Albert Einstein"
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When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's
longer than any hour. That's relativity.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: quoted by Carl Seelig, in "Albert Einstein"
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When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one
sentence: Time and space and graviton have no separate existence
from matter.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: quoted by Carl Seelig, in "Albert Einstein"
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When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.
That's relativity.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: on relativity
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When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only
a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you
think it's two hours. That's relativity.
Physics
Quotes, by Albert Einstein , Source: on relativity
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