Surprising Einstein Quotations

Hamilton · September 9th, 2002, 1:02 am

Quote"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss!" -- Albert Einstein

dc · September 9th, 2002, 1:17 am

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

Yuka · September 9th, 2002, 4:40 am

QuotePut 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.

amni · September 9th, 2002, 6:51 am

"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."

James · September 9th, 2002, 7:15 am

I am surprised participants of the Wilmott Forum have not posted the most obvious one for the tangent portfolio of Einstein's and our interests:Quote"[Compound interest] is the greatest mathematical discovery of all time" and also Quote"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing." And for me and Hamilton:Quote"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."from Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium (1941) ch. 13

Aaron · September 9th, 2002, 1:52 pm

How about the most memorable movie protrayals of Einstein? I vote for:Insignificance (1985, Michael Emil)The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Sam Jaffe, although the character is named "Professor Jacob Barnhardt," he is clearly intended to be Einstein)I. Q. (1994, Walter Matthau)Some of these quotes sound more like lines from the movies than things Einstein would have said.

cmerrill · September 9th, 2002, 2:36 pm

Apologies, my previous post was not quite on-topic (could hardly be categorized as 'surprising' AE quotes) -- let me try again:"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. ""I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them."

Chukchi · September 9th, 2002, 3:06 pm

Collector · September 9th, 2002, 11:10 pm

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"Albert "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mindkind"A.

Collector · September 9th, 2002, 11:26 pm

"Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing people can do - but gravitation cannot be held resposnible for it"Albert Einstein

maximt · September 11th, 2002, 4:38 am

My favorite Einstein quote (in back translation from Russian)"The big problems that we face can not be resolved using the same trail of thought that was used to create them."If anyone can tell me the original phrase English, I'd appreciate.

dc · September 11th, 2002, 12:29 pm

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness that created them" Albert Einstein

Jade · September 11th, 2002, 2:02 pm

Hi !!!A little twist on the theme:My favorite Einstein quote is his nonverbal one: his immortal smile!I don't know about Yuka and Amni, but if a man smiled at me like that, I would melt.Imagine what that mind of his was thinking to itself at any random moment!Kisses !!!Yuyu

Collector · October 2nd, 2002, 1:52 am

One of Albert Einstein's more famous sayings in the New York Times, July 8, 1921:"American men, though they are hardworking, are nothing more than toy dogs of the women, who like to spend money...and wrap themselves in a veil of excess,"PS: this is not my words, I am simply giving you a quotation from the master himself.

csparker · October 8th, 2002, 2:17 pm

An e-mail exchange with Aaron just reminded me of a quote that goes something like...Anonymous mathematician: "Professor Einstein, I keep a notebook and pencil with me all the time in case I have a good idea"AE: "You have that many good ideas?"