8. Albert Einstein (1919) - "I Would Have Felt Sorry For The Dear Lord... The Theory Is Correct!"
When in 1919 Sir Arthur Eddington led an expedition from Britain to the Brazilian island of Principe in order to observe solar eclipses and test out Albert Einstein's newly-conceived Theory of General Relativity, the scientist was not nervous about the potential result. A journalist present was not as confident in the theory as Einstein, however, and they asked the physicist how he would react if Eddington's hypothesis came back as negative. Einstein looked at the journalist and then said:
"Then I would feel sorry for the dear Lord... The Theory is correct!"
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