Relativity Quotes

Relativity teaches us the connection between the different descriptions of one and the same reality.

[John Wheeler] rejuvenated general relativity; he made it an experimental subject and took it away from the mathematicians

To show the relativity of what's good taste and what's not is something I like to play with.

The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.

Our perception of space-time can be thought of in terms of event coordinates relative to our current state of consciousness.

What you call life is but a dream, and reality is relative.

Let's fly away and live forever

With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.

A mathematician says that an electromagnetic wave travels from Andromeda to your eye and that it also extends from Andromeda to your eye.

It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions.

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion.

Einstein didn't speak until he was four, leading most of his teachers to believe he was crazy. That is until he whipped out the theory of relativity. BAYUM! Showed you guys.

I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead.

On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity.

In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one clock in my room.

In my personal experience I have hardly come to know the wretchedness of mankind better than as a result of the general theory of relativity and everything connected to it. But it doesn't bother me.

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

When you witness the end of a life up close day by day, you begin to understand time and mortality in profound ways. You see time's relativity, death's necessity.

I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.

Upon hearing via Littlewood an exposition on the theory of relativity: To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.

When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity to advanced high school students.

That’s a lesson we can all learn: the more we have, the more we want. And the only cure is to break the cycle of relativity.

Early-twentieth-century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good.

Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.

Human beings really think about relativity. That's part of what the brain does.

That's the feeling [of relativity] I always had about [Judy Blume] books which I re-read and re-read and re-read.

Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.

Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.

Doesn't the theory of relativity concern literature too? In our world there is no longer any room for the privileged observer, as there is none for the observer of the universe - we are all within.

Relativity is inherently convergent, though convergent toward a plurality of centers of abstract truths.

Now Einstein was a very clever man, with us all his philosophies he shared, He gave us the theory of relativity, which is E equals M C squared.

I heard that in relativity theory, space and time are the same thing. Einstein discovered this when he kept showing up three miles late for his meetings.

In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.

Truth is a relationship. As such, each one of us receives the truth and expresses it from within, that is to say, according to one's own circumstances, culture, and situation in life.

Matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move.

Golden lads and girls all must, like chimmney-sweepers, come to dust.

Asked in 1919 whether it was true that only three people in the world understood the theory of general relativity, [Eddington] allegedly replied: 'Who's the third?

A mathematician tells you that the wall of warped space prevents the Moon from flying out of its orbit yet can't tell you why an astronaut can go back and forth across that same space.

Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously considers it as a state of higher knowledge.

Smartass Disciple: If you are really a master, then make me see miracles!Master of Stupidity: Go to sleep and dream, then wake up thirty years later!

Time felt slower when we do nothing but wait.

Changes is the mother of time. Absence of changes makes no time.

I was far from being a child prodigy, and yet I learnt relativity at the age of 15!

If Time travel were possible, the future would have already taught the present to teach the past how to do it.

If beauty is relative, then any and everything when compared to the beauty of God is absolutely hideous.

A non-religious person when awaken would make others sleep. Therefore his sleeping is good. A religious person when awaken will awaken others. Therefore his awakening is good.

A non-religious prison when awaken would make others sleep. Therefore his sleeping is good. A religious person when awaken will awaken others. Therefore his awakening is good.

In the search for truth, what you believe matters lessthan how you believe.