Albert Einstein Quotes

Thanks to my fortunate idea of introducing the relativity principle into physics, you and others now enormously overrate my scientific abilities, to the point where this makes me quite uncomfortable.

Albert Einstein

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• What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

  

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• The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

  

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• The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.

  

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• Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

  

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• I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

  

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• I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.

  

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• Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

  

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• I like the idea of the comedy of resilience.

  

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• I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.

  

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• The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret – that's really distasteful to me.

  

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• I feel I am very fortunate to have a job that I really like.

  

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• I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.

  

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• I have no idea when it's going to be, when I'll retire.

  

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• Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.

  

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• My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.

  

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• Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.

  

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• In terms of playing, of course, Europe is definitely more finesse than playing in the WNBA. I think they're more skilled in terms of the overall ability. And here in the States, in the WNBA, we just kind of play off athleticism and just play.

  

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• Thanks to my fortunate idea of introducing the relativity principle into physics, you and others now enormously overrate my scientific abilities, to the point where this makes me quite uncomfortable.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Idea
  • Physics
  • Fortunate