Alfred Einstein Quotes
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Quotes to Explore
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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Don't forget to eat a lot of greens and fish oil pills. Those are two of the best things to keep your skin glowing.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I wasn't campaigning for a role in a Hollywood television series, it was a fluke. So you've got to have a measure of good luck, you really have, being in the right place at the right time.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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The way I look at it you can always get better.
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In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in a Tom Stoppard play. He has written a lot, and they are revived often, and there are so many characters of different ages that it was more likely I'd end up in something of his than that I wouldn't.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Those who show off do not shine.
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When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.
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Even when I was in my 20s and at my most beautiful, I was never obsessed with my looks. I didn't dye my hair or wear make-up.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's always been something that was a profound element of the experience of Shakespeare that I have been drawn to - and interpreters have, as well.
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
