This does not sound like something Einstein would have said. For one thing, it's a play on words in English. Let's see what the google has to say... Edit: yep.

This does not sound like something Einstein would have said. For one thing, it's a play on words in English. Let's see what the google has to say... Edit: yep. It comes from Informal Sociology (1963) by William Bruce Cameron. Never heard of him? Me either. By the way, this the first time I've seen quoteinvestigator.com come up in the search results. That's welcome; it's a great site. If you like this kind of thing, check it out. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/26/everything-counts-einstein/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/26/everything-counts-ei... p.s. fully agree about the barriers to empirical study of programming.