San Francisco, California
Well, not just yet, obviously, because he’s dead. But how could you see a face like this, and not want to talk to its owner?
And how could you read quotations like this, and not want to meet the mind that spawned them?
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I’m not sure about the former.
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
And my personal favourite:
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.