"If [quantum theory] is correct, it signifies..." - Quote by Albert Einstein

“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.”

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.”

“It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher.”

“Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from the past? Are we finally going to get serious about energy conservation? Of course not! We have the brains of mealworms! So we need to get more oil somehow. As far as I can figure, there's only one practical way to do this. That's right: We need to clone more dinosaurs. We have the technology, as was shown in two blockbuster scientific movies, Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park Returns with Exactly the Same Plot. Once we have the dinosaurs, all we need is an asteroid.”

“In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.”

“I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned quickly.”

“Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.”

“The special theory of relativity owes its origins to Maxwell's equations of the electromagnetic field.”

“It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing...”