Thinker Comparison

Albert Einstein vs. George W. Bush

Read 20 entries attributed to Albert Einstein alongside 20 attributed to George W. Bush. Compare the wording and topic labels.

Shared topic labels:
religion
justice
freedom

This page places 20 entries attributed to Albert Einstein alongside 20 attributed to George W. Bush. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.

Topic labels present in both displayed selections: religion, justice, freedom. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.

Attributed to Albert Einstein, entry #22: "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Recorded year: 1929.

Attributed to George W. Bush, entry #54811: "I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."

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Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955

Science
Cisleithania
362 quotes

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."

#Science

1929

"No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"

#love

"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."

#love

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."

#love

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

#Science

1929

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

#Science

1929

"Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets."

#science

"It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

#Human Nature

"The meaning of relativity has been widely misunderstood. Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll. Relativity, as I see it, merely denotes t…"

#life

"Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he …"

#life

"منطق شما را از A به B می‌برد، ولی تخیل شما را به همه جا می‌برد.» The New Quotable Einstein. Princeton University Press; Enl. Commemorative Ed. / edition"

#education

"Liebe Mutter! Heute eine freudige Nachricht. H. A. Lorentz hat mir telegraphiert, dass die englischen Expeditionen die Lichtablenkung an der Sonne wirklich b…"

#death

"We are inclined to overemphasize the material influences in history. The Russians especially make this mistake. Intellectual values and ethnic influences, tr…"

#knowledge

"Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different at…"

#religion

"Geh Recht viel spazieren, dass Du Recht gesund wirst und lies nicht gar zu viel sondern spar Dir noch was auf bis Du gross bist."

"The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can't grasp them. There is a pattern in creation."

#justice

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives."

#life

"No, this trick won't work. The same trick does not work twice. How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a bi…"

#love

"I do not believe in freedom of the will. Schopenhauer's words: "Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills" accompany me in all situations th…"

#freedom

"If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905."

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George W. Bush

1824 – 1900

Politics
United States
702 quotes

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.

"I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."

#mind

"I'm for an immigration policy that's welcoming."

#politics

"This is something the world should know about. Some have tried to pose a choice between American ideals and American interests — between who we are and how w…"

#freedom

"Secondly, you are blessed to live in the greatest Nation – ever. Here you can strive and succeed as far as you dare to dream. It says something about our cou…"

#hope

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them."

#fear

"No device of man can remove the tragedy from war, yet it is a great advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent."

#war

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or he…"

#time

"I understand not everybody agrees with the decisions I've made, but that's not unique to Central or South America. Truth of the matter is, there's people who…"

#truth

"Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan or blo…"

#war

"Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use…"

#justice

"America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us…"

#ethics

"Iraq's talented people, rich culture, and tremendous potential have been hijacked by Saddam Hussein. His brutal regime has reduced a country with a long and …"

#art

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

#freedom

"Jazz, often called America's classical music, so influenced our culture that Americans named a decade after it. Like the country of its birth, jazz blends ma…"

#justice

"You have lifted a shadow of fear for many families. God bless you and may God bless the victims."

#religion

"My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years — 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime, to the service of your neighbors and your na…"

#time

"The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into."

#politics

"These sources of strength are also in the faith that sustains so many of us. Across the town of Blacksburg and in towns all across America, houses of worship…"

#religion

"The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources for our intelligence and law enforcement communities to fin…"

#justice

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

#mind
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