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    When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
    When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.
    That's relativity.

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I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.

I think physicists are the Peter Pans of the human race. They never grow up and they keep their curiosity.

by Isidor Isaac Rabi Found in: Physics Quotes,
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Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a read more

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a
minute. That's relativity.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of read more

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of ethics will always console me for the ignorance of the physical sciences.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Physics Quotes,
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I don't believe in mathematics.

I don't believe in mathematics.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential read more

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

by Pope Paul Vi Found in: Physics Quotes,
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God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

God does not play dice [with the universe].
[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.]

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

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God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.

God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates empirically.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Physics Quotes,
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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

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