Quotations from Einstein


"Imagination is more important than knowledge"


"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"


"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."


"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."


"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."


"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."


"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."


"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."


"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."


"What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world."


"If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor."


"The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy, but hardly fit for life."


"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."


"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."


"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."