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

--Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

• "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
• "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
• Imagination is more important than knowledge.
• Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
• "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
• Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied:
  "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."
• God doesn't play dice.
• God may be subtle, but He isn't plain mean.
• "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
• If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z.   X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
• "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."
• Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else-- unless it is an enemy.
• 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."
• "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."
• "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."
• "The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."
• "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."
• "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
• "A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
• "What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world."
• "If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants."
• Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man's discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms.
  For there is no secret and there is no defense; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world. We scientists recognise our inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citizens an understanding of atomic energy and its implication for society. In this lies our only security and our only hope - we believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.
• If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
• "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."