“Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
Albert Einstein
This quote is commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“This was a big storm and he might as well enjoy it. It was ruining everything, but you might as well enjoy it.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source