Albert Einstein
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6 quotes we’ve traced to Albert Einstein
“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Verified“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving”
Verified“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it”
Disputed“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”
Disputed“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years left to live”
Disputed“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough”
DisputedNot actually Albert Einstein
Often misattributed to Albert Einstein
Famous lines widely pinned on Albert Einstein that we’ve traced to someone else.
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Commonly pinned on Albert Einstein — under review
4 lines flagged as pinned on Albert Einstein and queued for a full source trace — not yet verified.
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
Disputed
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe”
Disputed
“God does not play dice with the universe”
Queued
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”
Queued
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