<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Ol' Al was full of 'em and was certainly very talented at self-promotion.  An interesting character, to be sure.  And his quotes are memorable because his metaphors were so powerful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>I do hope that someday someone will adequately biographize the women in his life, as they played a very large role in both his work and his reputation.  (But maybe not his body of quotes.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>My favorite factoid is that while Albert enjoyed cigars, his second wife thought pipes were more professorial, so she made sure there was always a rack of pipes on his desk for photographs.  The power of image over reality.......  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=531554714-06102007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> tom [mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 06, 2007 12:26 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Jack Spring punchings<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Dang, this quote manages to insult the intelligence of both women AND the<BR>elderly, all in one fell swoop.  The Albert sure was an efficient guy.  Or<BR>maybe it's all relative..........  (Or maybe he was only insulting his own <BR>relatives.)<BR><BR>> You never truly understand something until you can explain it to your<BR>> grandmother. --Albert Einstein<BR><BR>Annie Grieshop<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi Annie,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Here's another for you from ol' Albert, maybe it's not as insulting?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">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. -- Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Mike<BR clear=all><BR><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">Whilst we are quoting the great man, how about this one:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">            <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title="Click for further information about this quotation" href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/482.html">The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>