relativity Quotes

"The faster you go, the shorter you are."

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

"If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany... ...

"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics."

"When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter."

"Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing."

"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."