1. "It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing."

2. "It may affront the military-minded person to suggest a regime that does not maintain any military secrets."

3. "It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure."

4. "So long as they don't get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me."

5. "Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty."

6. "Gravity cannot be held responsible for people falling in love."

7. "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours that's relativity."

8. "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable an ignorable war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."

9. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."

10. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

11. Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

12. "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"

13. "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

14. Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

15. God doesn't play dice.

16. God may be subtle, but He isn't plain mean.

17. "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

18. If A equals success, then the formula is _ A = _ X + _ Y + _ Z. _ X is work. _ Y is play. _ Z is keep your mouth shut.

19. "If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."

20. Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.

21. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

22. "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

23. "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."

24. "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

25. "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

26. "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."

27. "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible."

28. "The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."

29. "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

30. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

31. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

32. "A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

33. "What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world."

34. "If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants."

35. Through the release of atomic energy, our generation has brought into the world the most revolutionary force since prehistoric man's discovery of fire. This basic force of the universe cannot be fitted into the outmoded concept of narrow nationalisms. For there is no secret and there is no defence; there is no possibility of control except through the aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world. We scientists recognise our inescapable responsibility to carry to our fellow citizens an understanding of atomic energy and its implication for society. In this lies our only security and our only hope - we believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

36. If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.