Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein?


“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask….” 
  -  Albert Einstein

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”  
  -  Abraham Lincoln

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