"Common sense is the collection of prejudices
acquired by age eighteen."
- Albert Einstein
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
- Albert Einstein
"Not everything that counts can be counted,
and not everything that can be counted counts."
(Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.The only difference is that there is no cat."
- Albert Einstein
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
- Albert Einstein
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
- Albert Einstein
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
- Albert Einstein
"The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
- Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame.
Religion without science is blind."
- Albert Einstein
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
- Albert Einstein
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein