Very true
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yes but not from A.E. mouth:
"Fake Quotes Attributed to Einstein
1. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
This false quotation is commonly printed on self-help and motivation posters. While the sentiment is nice, there is no evidence Einstein ever said this.
The first appearance of this quote is from The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose (2004) by Matthew Kelly, p. 80, however there is no evidence of it being printed prior, and no evidence Einstein said it.
The quote is probably based on The Animal School (1940) by George Reavis, where a fish goes to school and is required to work on his running and climbing. The Animal School was reprinted in 1999 and may have influenced Matthew Kelly or someone else to create this fake attribution.
Another alternative is that the false quotation is based on what Einstein wrote in his essay Self-Portrait (1936),
What is significant in one’s own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
This real quotation may have influenced the false one above."
http://skepticaesoterica.com/debunking-fake-albert-einstein-quotes/
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"Fake Quotes Attributed to Einstein
1. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
This false quotation is commonly printed on self-help and motivation posters. While the sentiment is nice, there is no evidence Einstein ever said this.
The first appearance of this quote is from The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose (2004) by Matthew Kelly, p. 80, however there is no evidence of it being printed prior, and no evidence Einstein said it.
The quote is probably based on The Animal School (1940) by George Reavis, where a fish goes to school and is required to work on his running and climbing. The Animal School was reprinted in 1999 and may have influenced Matthew Kelly or someone else to create this fake attribution.
Another alternative is that the false quotation is based on what Einstein wrote in his essay Self-Portrait (1936),
What is significant in one’s own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
This real quotation may have influenced the false one above."
http://skepticaesoterica.com/debunking-fake-albert-einstein-quotes/
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IMO any fish trying to climb a tree is stupid. A monkey trying to swim, however, is pretty clever.
Ant eaters that try to eat nectarines are pretty stupid, too...
Ant eaters that try to eat nectarines are pretty stupid, too...
