(via Balloon Juice)
I think that if there’s one thing that everyone in this room could agree on, that would be that Albert Einstein was a critical thinker. He was a scientist. I think that we probably could agree that Albert Enstein was smarter than any of our science teachers in our high schools or colleges. And Albert Einstein said that a little knowledge would turn your head toward atheism, while a broader knowledge would turn your head toward Christianity.
— Frank S. Niceley (R-TN 17th District)
Albert Einstein, a secular Jew, did not say a little knowledge would turn your head toward atheism, while a broader knowledge would turn your head toward Christianity.
Niceley is also a birther…
Here’s some actual Einstein Quotes:
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
— Albert Einstein
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
— Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
— Albert Einstein
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
— Albert Einstein
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.
— Albert Einstein
Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.
— Albert Einstein
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.
— Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
— Albert Einstein
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
— Albert Einstein
We scientists, whose tragic destiny it has been to make the methods of annihilation ever more gruesome and more effective, must consider it our solemn and transcendent duty to do all in our power in preventing these weapons from being used for the brutal purpose for which they were invented.
— Albert Einstein
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
— Albert Einstein
The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has shown itself reliable, and I have never regretted having chosen it.
— Albert Einstein
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
— Albert Einstein
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
— Albert Einstein