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Albert Einstein

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Close, but no cigar Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. Joe Theismann © 2017 Kwiple.com
Ideas There's a story where Einstein was talking to a guy. The guy pulled a notebook out and scribbled something down.  Einstein says, “What's that?” The guy says,  “A notebook. Whenever I have a good idea, I write it down.” Einstein says, “I've never had any need for a notebook; I've only had three good ideas.” J. Richard Gott,  quoted in Scientific American, September 1, 2015 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Marriage Marriage is the unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an incident. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Politics Politics is more difficult than physics. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Poverty I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. Stephen Jay Gould © 2017 Kwiple.com
Problem solving Mathematics is a useful tool for social science. In the actual solution of social problems, however, goals and intentions are the dominant factors. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Problem solving We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Attributed to Albert Einstein © 2024 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say If I were wrong, one would have been enough. Albert Einstein, responding to learning that a book,  100 Authors against Einstein, had been published in Germany © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie I am a horse for single harness, not cut out for tandem or team work. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie I have finished my task here. Albert Einstein's last words © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie I sold myself body and soul to Science — a flight from the “I” and “we” to the “it.” Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie  I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will claim that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. Albert Einstein, 1922 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Selfie With fame I became more and more stupid, which of course is a common phenomenon. Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Sex education Regarding sex education: no secrets! Albert Einstein © 2017 Kwiple.com
Simplicity Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Attributed to Albert Einstein, but more likely a paraphrase  © 2016 Kwiple.com
State of the union The country is like a man with a badly upset stomach who has not yet vomited enough. Albert Einstein commenting on Germany following a 1919 right-wing putsch in Berlin © 2017 Kwiple.com
Thinking The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking. Albert Einstein © 2016 Kwiple.com
Polls Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein © 2015 Kwiple.com
Snapshot A parrot can say anything Albert Einstein could say, as well as mimicking the sound of phones ringing, doors slamming and sirens wailing. Whatever advantage Einstein had over a parrot, it wasn't vocal. Albert Einstein portrayed by Yuval Noah Harari © 2016 Kwiple.com
 
Snapshot He sleeps until he is awakened; he stays awake until he is told to go to bed; he will go hungry until he is given something to eat; and then he eats until he is stopped. Albert Einstein portrayed by his friend, Janos Plesch © 2015 Kwiple.com