Albert Einstein
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25 quotes we’ve traced to Albert Einstein
“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth”
Verified“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater”
Verified“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”
Verified“If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X, play is Y and Z is keeping your mouth shut”
Verified“Imagination is more important than knowledge”
Verified“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving”
Verified“Common Sense Is Nothing More Than a Deposit of Prejudices Laid Down in the Mind Before Age Eighteen”
Attributed“God does not play dice with the universe”
Attributed“The Hardest Thing in the World to Understand Is Income Taxes”
Attributed“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”
Disputed“Adversity introduces a man to himself”
Disputed“Chaos ist die Ordnung des Genies”
Disputed“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it”
Disputed“Education Is What Remains After You Have Forgotten Everything You Learned In School”
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“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
Disputed“I Fear the Day That Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction”
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”
Disputed“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere”
Disputed“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once”
Disputed“The Telegraph is Like a Very, Very Long Cat (or Dog)”
Disputed“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle”
Disputed“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe”
Disputed“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”
DisputedNot actually Albert Einstein
Often misattributed to Albert Einstein
Famous lines widely pinned on Albert Einstein that we’ve traced to someone else.
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”
actually Unknown
“A Ship in Harbor Is Safe, But that Is Not What Ships Are Built For”
actually John A. Shedd
“Adversity introduces a man to himself”
actually Unknown
“Chaos ist die Ordnung des Genies”
actually Unknown
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it”
actually Anonymous advertising copywriter
“Education Is What Remains After You Have Forgotten Everything You Learned In School”
actually Unknown — anonymous origin
“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”
actually Unknown — falsely credited to Einstein
“Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality”
actually Darryl Anka
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
actually Roger Sessions
“I Fear the Day That Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction”
actually No verified speaker
“I Understand It Brings You Luck, Whether You Believe in It or Not”
actually Niels Bohr
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years left to live”
actually No documented author (Einstein wrongly credited)
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough”
actually Unknown — a modern saying
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
actually John Archibald Wheeler
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”
actually Rita Mae Brown
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere”
actually Unknown
“No One Can Win at Roulette Unless He Steals Money from the Table While the Croupier Isn't Looking”
actually Ted Thackrey, Jr.
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts”
actually William Bruce Cameron
“Only One Who Attempts the Absurd Is Capable of Achieving the Impossible”
actually Miguel de Unamuno
“The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits”
actually Alexandre Dumas fils
“The One Who Follows the Crowd Will Usually Go No Further Than the Crowd”
actually Alan Ashley-Pitt
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once”
actually Ray Cummings
“The only source of knowledge is experience”
actually No verified author
“The Telegraph is Like a Very, Very Long Cat (or Dog)”
actually Unknown
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle”
actually Unknown
“There Was a Young Lady Named Bright Whose Speed Was Far Faster Than Light”
actually A. H. Reginald Buller
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe”
actually Frederick (Fritz) Perls
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”
actually Unknown
“We Don't Know Who Discovered Water, But We Know It Wasn't a Fish”
actually John M. Culkin
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