He refused to wear socks, because his big toes were so big they wore holes through them, his pipe was something he could not give up, and, despite many years of living in the United States, he never lost his distinctive German accent, summed up by his catch-phrase 'I vill a little t'ink'.


Albert Einstein born on 14th March, 1879 - Humanist and Theoretical Physicist, sometime laborer at the Munich Oktoberfest, Nobel Prize winner who, as a 'Genius', was asked his opinion on many things. These opinions became 'Einstein Quotes'.

The latest article from the German Culture site covers some of Albert Einstein's Quotes


http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art175626.asp



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Francine McKenna,
German Culture Editor

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