Quotes on Theories Of Relativity

Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.

Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such as understanding the theory of relativity!

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

I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think about problems of space and time. These are things which he has thought about as a child. Bu t my intellectual development was retarded,as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had already grown up.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.