Maxine, Frances, and Ollie have followed in my footsteps, it seems.  Yes, the three have become huge Albert Einstein Fans.

And so. We have arranged an Special Interview with Albert Einstein this evening.  As only the dogs can do.

How is this possible, you may be asking?  Time Travel, of course.  We’ve been working on the Time Machine and the girls gave it a test run.  Who did they run into.  Uncle Al.

(*Frances and Ollie were too star struck to ask any questions.  Maxine conducted the interview*)

Maxine Swift:  Mr. Einstein, thanks for sitting down with us this evening.  What an honor for us.
Albert Einstein:  It is my pleasure.  Please.  Call me Albert, or Al.

MS:  Okay Al.  I’ll get right to it.  We used to have a dumb cat.  Man, I hated that thing.  She thought she was better than the rest of us.  I used to chase her from time to time, just so she knew who was boss.  What do you think about all that?
AE:  Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

MS:  Well, technically Al, I wasn’t trying to keep the peace.  I just wanted to scare the crap out of her.
AE:  Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.

MS:  Okay Albert.   Clearly you are missing the bigger picture, smart guy.  Let’s move on.  Sometimes I can’t hold my bladder.  I am getting older.  Our human calls them mistakes.  What do you say to that?
AE:  Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

MS:  Okey Dokey then.   Let’s talk about you.  Are you pleased with your life’s work?  I mean… you are the Genius of them  ALL.
AE:  If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
MS:  But you are probably the greatest Scientific Mind that has ever lived.
AE:  Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

MS:  I have a few more questions for you.  Would that be okay… so people can get to know you better?
AE:  Any fool can know. The point is to understand..

MS:  What do you do for recreation?  Sometimes me and the girls like to watch one of those Reality TV shows.  How about you?
AE:  Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

MS:  Well, Albert, we are running out of time here.  The engine is running on our new Time Machine, and we have to be home in time for our Milkbone Cookies.  Any words of wisdom for us, before we go?  There is just SO much we don’t know about our big world out there.
AE:  The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

MS:  And doesn’t all that mystery just cause more questions?
AE:  The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”   ―  Albert Einstein

(All Albert Einstein response are TRULY Albert Einstein quotes.)