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Looking at his newborn sister, Maja, he is said to have said: “Fine, but
where are her wheels”?

When his sister was born, and he looked at her, he could not see her
feet. He was wondering where the baby’s wheels were that means the
feet of the baby. As Albert Einstein used to play with toys and all the toys
had a set of wheels, to him Maja seemed to be a toy too and so, he
might have thought that where her wheels were.

A headmaster once told his father that what Einstein chose as a
profession wouldn‟t matter, because “he‟ll never make a success at
anything.”

The headmaster of Einstein’s school told Einstein’s father that Einstein
would never be successful whatever profession he chose.

Einstein began learning to play the violin at the age of six, because his
mother wanted him to; he later became a gifted amateur violinist,
maintaining this skill throughout his life.

amateur: doing something for personal enjoyment rather than as a
profession, something which is your hobby and you do it as a past time.

Einstein was a very good violinist, he learned playing the violin at the
age of six because his mother wanted him to learn playing it. All his life,
he was an amateur violinist, he played the violin as a hobby not as a
profession.