“It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.”
Albert Einstein
“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.”
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare 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.”
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
“The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks”
“Relativity applies to physics, not ethics”
“If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism”
Thomas Jefferson