
“who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you”
Found anonymously in newspaper columns from the early 1920s http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/12/31/kiss. Originally presented in dialogue format https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5219841/safety_first/: "Dorcas—”Do you ever allow a man to kiss you when you’re out motoring with him? Philippa—"Never, if a man can drive safely while kissing me he’s not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
It does not seem to have been attributed to Einstein until the 1990s (e.g. here https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.freemasonry/YILn0A-U_WM/f1Grm2akU-4J).
Misattributed
“who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you”
“I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man.”
“In any man who dies there dies with him,
his first snow and kiss and fight.”
И если умирает человек,
с ним умирает первый его снег,
и первый поцелуй, и первый бой...
"People" (1961), line 12; Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi (trans.) Selected Poems (London: Penguin, 2008) p. 85.
Honda Civic Tour, Phoenix AZ, September 15th, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bhqOIZkLk&feature=related
“At least I deserve the respect of a kiss goodbye.”
"I Walked"
Lyrics, The Age of Adz (2010)
"I'm Goin' Down"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)