Theory Quotes · Page 122

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one…

— Neal Shusterman

Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence.

— Michael Polanyi

The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This…

— Woodrow Wilson

Knowledge is not a series of self-consistent theories that converges toward an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of…

— Paul Feyerabend

“If my nightmare is a culture inhabited by posthumans who regard their bodies as fashion accessories rather than the ground of being,…

— N. Katherine Hayles

The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we…

— Philip Kitcher

The existence of these patterns [fractals] challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate the morphology…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

My theory is, you never know when you are going to end up in a hospital waiting room.

— Jacob Elordi

Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.

— Henry Louis Gates

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No…

— Erma Bombeck

The theory of the determination of wages in a free market is simply a special case of the general theory of value.…

— Sir John Richard Hicks

We continually forget that the sphere of morals is the sphere of action, that speculation in regard to morality is but observation…

— Jane Addams

[In my writing] I know that I have made a caricature out of [others' academic] theories [but] I think that caricatures are…

— Umberto Eco

We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel.

— David Hilbert

I believe in God, not as a theory but as a fact more real than life itself.

— Mahatma Gandhi

For a while, I have had this theory that we, as a society, are coming to the end of the mass production,…

— Om Malik

Now Nostradamus said that the king of Terror would appear September 1999. I believe Nostradamus knew his Bible and knew what the…

— Jack Van Impe

What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government.…

— Calvin Coolidge

The most important thing in Guardiola's theory is to play football, and this always stays the same. The basic idea is always…

— Thomas Muller

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

...an incorrect theory, even if it cannot be inhibited by any contradiction that would refute it, is none the less incorrect, just…

— L. E. J. Brouwer

The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress…

— Robert Barany

Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong.

— Richard P. Feynman

I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.

— Charlton Heston