Observation always involves theory.

Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good…

— Arthur Eddington

Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and consequently orient…

— Pierre-Paul Grasse

[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can…

— Allen W. Wood

One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views,…

— Paul Feyerabend

My time as editor has been overlapped by a crisis - a prolonged, labyrinthine, tragic, seemingly non-ending crisis - that involves the prehistory of…

— David Remnick

Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of…

— Christopher Hitchens

In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called 'fair…

— Pierre de Coubertin

I loathe crowds. I especially don't like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

— Alan Garner

The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it…

— John Mackey

Viewed from a holistic ecological perspective, some meat - such as conscientiously hunted animals - involves less suffering and environmental damage than arable agriculture,…

— Tristram Stuart

I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It…

— Matisyahu

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern…

— Jack Schwartz

A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.

— Dan Colen

Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in…

— John Piper