Misattributed Einstein Quotes & Sayings

To paraphrase Einstein, insanity is expecting employees to do one thing while rewarding them for doing something else. — Robert G. Thompson

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future. — Blanka Vlasic

Finance people should remember Albert Einstein's wise words: "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. — Bjarte Bogsnes

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. — Maurice Maeterlinck

One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different. — Anthony Kiedis

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. — Ludwig Boltzmann

We can not imagine that an Arab population forming more than 80 percent of the Iraqi society will allow the article reading that Iraq is part of the Islamic world instead of mentioning that we are part of the Arab nation, as if they want us to be linked to Iran and not to the Arab nation. — Saleh Al-Mutlaq

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign. — Theophile Gautier

He grins. "Sweetheart, you wouldn't know what to do with my dick even if you tried."
"I most certainly would!" I blurt out, unable to help myself. I regret my words immediately.
There's one hell of a long, mortifying second as he slowly raises his dark brow, a twinkle in his eye. "Oh really?" he muses, smile dancing on his lips. — Karina Halle

Einstein wrote that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That said, is it crazier to repeatedly throw yourself against a window, or to repeatedly open that window, believing the creatures that are throwing themselves against it might come into your house, take a look around, and leave with no hard feelings? — David Sedaris

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. — Narcotics Anonymous

Later in the summer your grandfather dies, and you're secretly glad. You have a place to put all your sorrow now, one that people will understand. — Lena Dunham

You can't be together, which is exactly why you want to be. — Sarah Dessen

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. — Kingman Brewster Jr.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Anonymous

Mama says change is God's way of showing us a tender miracle, kinda like the chocolate inside a Tootsie Pop. — Suzanne Crowley

Life has ways of getting under your skin, spoiling your fun with too much information. Youth is truly the happiest time where we roll in the bliss of ignorance. — Mark Lawrence

what point do they believe what's been branded on their skin instead of just knowing who they are inside? — Abi Ketner

Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat. — Stuart Chase

If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom. — Andy Richter

Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics. — Darryl Anka

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. — Anonymous

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits. — Alexandre Dumas-fils

Albert Einstein once said that 'insanity' was 'Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting to achieve different results'. He was a clever chap, that Einstein fella. And, according to him, I must have been insane. Because I kept on working hard, and I kept on expecting to be rewarded, even though my hard work had never been rewarded before. I didn't have any evidence to suggest that I'd be rewarded. It wasn't a rational belief. It all came down to optimism. Blind, debilitating optimism. — Joss Sheldon