Acceptance Quotes
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."— Albert Einstein
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Meaning of this quote
The joke compares difficult cosmological ideas with an everyday breach of fashion convention. It uses a surprising scale change for comic effect.
Key takeaway:
Keep humour about conventions that may matter less than they seem.
Origin of the quote
An unsourced aphorism often credited to Einstein.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedJames Geary explicitly corrects his earlier use by stating that no genuine Einstein source has been established. An alternative author remains unknown.
